tune in
verb
tuned in; tuning in; tunes in
: to listen to or view a broadcast of
tuned in the weather report
1
: to listen to or view a broadcast
We tuned in to hear the election results.
2
: to understand and be aware of a situation
He was not tuned in to the needs of his staff.
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Glaze said the astronauts tuned in for insight into how mission managers assessed the heat shield on the Orion spacecraft.
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Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 13 Mar. 2026
We all tune in for our own reasons.
—Rebecca Keegan, NBC news, 13 Mar. 2026
Riley hasn’t changed his tune in that respect.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 13 Mar. 2026
Which was why, at the very end, when Gordon tuned in on the wireless to a dance band and Robert was supposed to waltz Olwyn about the room, Stella had no patience with St Ives’s reaction to Geoffrey’s ten-second delay in putting on the gramophone record.
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Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 13 Mar. 2026
We all tune in for our own reasons.
—Rebecca Keegan, NBC news, 13 Mar. 2026
Riley hasn’t changed his tune in that respect.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 13 Mar. 2026
Which was why, at the very end, when Gordon tuned in on the wireless to a dance band and Robert was supposed to waltz Olwyn about the room, Stella had no patience with St Ives’s reaction to Geoffrey’s ten-second delay in putting on the gramophone record.
—Literary Hub, 13 Mar. 2026
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“Tune in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tune%20in. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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