attunement

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Recent Examples of attunement In the Polish Pavilion, Bogna Burska and Daniel Kotowski explored communication beyond spoken language through immersive sound and image, proposing vibration, listening, and collective attunement as alternatives to institutional authority. Thomas Rom, ARTnews.com, 8 June 2026 Some of these approaches require meticulous scholarship and technical proficiency; others, an attunement to the invisible realms of feeling and folklore. Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 1 June 2026 The researchers positioned intuitive attunement as something that gets dulled by painful experience and reclaimed through healing. Nia Bowers, USA Today, 8 May 2026 The route to durable faith in God often runs not through logical proofs or the sciences, but through awe, wonder, and an attunement to the beauty and poetry of the world, natural and otherwise. Elizabeth Bruenig, The Atlantic, 26 Mar. 2026 The novel, which jumps around in time from spectral reminiscences of the nineteenth century to the late 1980s and early 1990s and into the twenty-first century, follows the members of a Brooklyn family attempting to find stability while struggling with their strange attunement to the dead. Omari Weekes, The New York Review of Books, 19 Mar. 2026 Still, there’s an unsettling calm, an attunement to the fragile truce between humankind and the capricious planet that nourishes it. Daniel Bromfield, Pitchfork, 11 Feb. 2026 The essence of numinous Pisces heightens our sensitivity, imagination and spiritual attunement, while the North Node represents our growth and karmic direction, making this a moment where trusting your inner compass matters more than external validation. Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 27 Jan. 2026 The goal of healthy communication is emotional attunement. Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for attunement
Noun
  • OpenAI's testimony in Illinois explicitly invokes the federal-harmonization framing that the executive order prefers.
    Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 24 May 2026
  • On Wednesday, the two fashion industry bodies unveiled a joint ESG harmonization framework aimed at supporting suppliers and preparing brands for coming European regulatory requirements.
    Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 13 May 2026
Noun
  • State prison leadership has sought to avoid needing to rely on volunteers among corrections officers to pull the triggers in an execution, IDOC Director Bree Derrick previously said.
    Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 10 June 2026
  • Building practical quantum Error correction is widely considered one of the key hurdles preventing today’s quantum computers from tackling commercially valuable problems at scale.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 10 June 2026
Noun
  • As the second day of Group of Seven discussions proceed in Paris, the aftermath of a bond-market readjustment factoring in more inflation has raised the burden of proof needed to keep borrowing costs unchanged.
    Craig Stirling, Bloomberg, 19 May 2026
  • After Abraaj’s collapse, a quiet process of readjustment took place.
    Hettie O'Brien, The Dial, 21 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Engineers can address operability concerns while modifications remain easier and less costly.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 12 June 2026
  • Already can’t wait to see Ocean North after the modifications.
    Scott Kramer, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
Noun
  • The most visible sign of all that the World Cup is upon us is the transformation of 32-acre waterfront Bayfront Park into FIFA Fan Festival Miami.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 11 June 2026
  • Several photos and videos of her strutting down the runway at PrettyLittleThing’s Miami Swim Week event have gone viral, sparking conversation about her transformation.
    Allison DeGrushe, StyleCaster, 11 June 2026
Noun
  • Talks between senior figures from the engine manufacturers are taking place in Monaco this weekend before the next Power Unit Advisory Committee meeting takes place in a couple of weeks, where possible alterations or new proposals are likely to be evaluated.
    Luke Smith, New York Times, 5 June 2026
  • So, that is a separate alteration, a separate change from that cam housing clearance change, that adjustment.
    Joel Feder, The Drive, 3 June 2026
Noun
  • Last week’s blockbuster jobs report, with more than 265,000 jobs added when including upward employment revisions, was very welcome news to almost all Americans.
    Stephen Moore, Boston Herald, 10 June 2026
  • The footage also showed off some new gameplay features, including a modernised revision to the active reload mechanic that Gears of War pioneered.
    George Yang, Space.com, 10 June 2026
Noun
  • This recipe takes the classic formula and adds some new-school adjustments, including aged white Cheddar and fresh rosemary.
    Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 10 June 2026
  • And with rates on certificates of deposit (CDs), high-yield savings and money market accounts all around 4% or higher now, this should be a relatively easy (and profitable) adjustment to make.
    Matt Richardson, CBS News, 10 June 2026

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“Attunement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/attunement. Accessed 15 Jun. 2026.

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