attunement

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Recent Examples of attunement Research on kissing converges on a picture that is less about physical prowess and more about attunement to your own body, to your partner and to the emotional weight of the moment. Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 13 June 2026 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for attunement
Noun
  • Waiting for regulatory harmonization is not a strategy.
    Bojan Ilic, Forbes.com, 25 June 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
  • Even after submission, reports frequently bounce back for corrections, forcing officers to sit at their desks instead of returning to the community.
    Matthew Polega, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • BofA said the dollar's recent price action is closely tracking its 2016-2018 pattern, when the greenback rallied in the second half of 2018 after a lengthy correction.
    Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 2 July 2026
Noun
  • This may be a helpful readjustment for your husband.
    R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2026
  • 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
Noun
  • The modification also attracted the attention of his HOA, which filed a lawsuit.
    Michele Gile, CBS News, 2 July 2026
  • Specifically, policymakers cite the importance of more preventive care in addition to lifestyle modifications such as a better diet and more exercise that improve health independent of healthcare provision.
    Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
Noun
  • This led to vast transformations in surgery, childbirth, handwashing, sterilization and infection control, per NIH and the Science History Institute.
    Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026
  • Kardashian, 45, was first to debut North’s style transformation, posting her daughter with vibrant blue hair to her Instagram Stories in June 2025.
    Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 3 July 2026
Noun
  • The Fish and Wildlife Service says habitat alteration has reduced its range and abundance, because the butterflies need specific food plants and places to live and grow during critical stages of their life cycle.
    Madeline Bartos, CBS News, 30 June 2026
  • This data can be helpful in tracking changes in body composition due to alterations in patient diet, exercise level, or drug treatments.
    Paul Hsieh, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
Noun
  • The upward revision can be attributed to a downward revision on imports, which subtracts from GDP.
    Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 25 June 2026
  • Brian Duffield wrote the initial screenplay based off the short story by Phillip Fracassi, with revisions by Mollner.
    Justin Kroll, Deadline, 25 June 2026
Noun
  • The annual limit is $5,000 per child from all non-government sources combined, with inflation adjustments expected after 2027.
    Medora Lee, USA Today, 3 July 2026
  • At times, Wright can be too fast into the hole, reaching the line before blocks are fully secured and forcing himself to hit the brakes and make late adjustments.
    Tyler M. Carmona, Miami Herald, 2 July 2026

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“Attunement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/attunement. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.

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