as in to reconcile
to bring to a state free of conflicts, inconsistencies, or differences
after years spent in academia, he's finding it difficult to attune himself to the corporate culture
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Recent Examples of attune
Its models could then be used by urban planners to help design their own sponge city projects that’s attuned to local conditions and resources.
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Alex Knapp, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
And Blanc tries to solve what happened by seeing the big picture, tuning into the spirits that are guiding things, and attuning the audience to them.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 7 Sep. 2025
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.
—Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 31 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
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Alex Knapp, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
And Blanc tries to solve what happened by seeing the big picture, tuning into the spirits that are guiding things, and attuning the audience to them.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 7 Sep. 2025
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.
—Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 31 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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for attune
reconcile
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Nor can this ruling be reconciled with the Court’s decisions in many other cases — including recent rulings that allowed lower court orders to block pro-immigrant policies under the Biden administration.—
Syra Ortiz Blanes,
Miami Herald,
4 Oct. 2025
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Since then, his daughter, Kerri Rawson, has publicly discussed having to reconcile the truth about her father, a churchgoer and former Cub Scout leader, with the reality of his vicious crimes.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Attune.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/attune. Accessed 11 Oct. 2025.
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