attuned; attuning; attunes
1
: to bring into harmony : tune
2
: to make aware or responsive
attune businesses to changing trends
Examples of attune in a Sentence
after years spent in academia, he's finding it difficult to attune himself to the corporate culture
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The menu at Lex Yard is a cornucopia of fruits and vegetables, the selection attuned to the seasons in a way that feels real, not just like empty words in a server spiel.
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Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2025
This offers a perhaps friendlier alternative to simply starting a company and seeking funding for a company from VCs who have not traditionally been attuned to femtech and who continue to commit a relatively small percentage of their investment budgets to female founders.
—Trevor Clawson, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Investors across the globe were attuned to Powell’s speech at an annual central banking forum in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
—John Towfighi, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2025
Always attune, to a finger, a face, a chin, a leg, a tear, a gesture, a shape, an ear, a branch, a child under the table, the stalk of blooming cactus… or an unplanned sneeze that turns on the Christmas lights as you the say the word… SCHLEP!
—Walden Green, Pitchfork, 19 Aug. 2025
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Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2025
This offers a perhaps friendlier alternative to simply starting a company and seeking funding for a company from VCs who have not traditionally been attuned to femtech and who continue to commit a relatively small percentage of their investment budgets to female founders.
—Trevor Clawson, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Investors across the globe were attuned to Powell’s speech at an annual central banking forum in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
—John Towfighi, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2025
Always attune, to a finger, a face, a chin, a leg, a tear, a gesture, a shape, an ear, a branch, a child under the table, the stalk of blooming cactus… or an unplanned sneeze that turns on the Christmas lights as you the say the word… SCHLEP!
—Walden Green, Pitchfork, 19 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for attune
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“Attune.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/attune. Accessed 5 Sep. 2025.
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