attunement

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Recent Examples of attunement Given this, an executive’s most valuable assets are often their empathy, attunement, gravitas, and ability to read and respond to the room. Julian Hayes Ii, Forbes.com, 22 July 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
  • Greater harmonization, through consistent implementation of Extended Producer Responsibility schemes, timely adoption of eco-modulation criteria, as well as simpler and more harmonized compliance requirements across Member States, is critical.
    María Luisa Martínez Díez, Footwear News, 3 Aug. 2026
  • If the two agencies can avoid repeating past regulatory disagreements and provide clear definitions, the harmonization will be a benefit for prediction markets, said Peter Chan, a Baker McKenzie partner and former SEC employee.
    Ananya Chetia,Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 16 July 2026
Noun
  • Quantum computing's biggest challenge is error correction, not just building more qubits.
    John Koetsier, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The Wall Street bank said the recent 25%-30% correction in Asian technology stocks and the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index marks the third major drawdown since the AI driven upcycle began in late-2022.
    Jenny Lee, CNBC, 6 Aug. 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 research that was conducted in Wuhan with federal support involved modifications to bat viruses to study their potential impact on humans.
    Joe Walsh, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
  • This includes mandatory cybersecurity training for staff, improvements to digital and human procedures including ACH payment verification processes, and controls within financial workflows, as well as modifications to IT staffing, said Gale.
    Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 6 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Stajmiger spends time in the makeup chair before slipping into Beetlejuice's signature costume, completing the transformation from actor to one of Broadway's most recognizable characters.
    Dillon Thomas, CBS News, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The real transformation isn’t happening in new factories, but in those building an intelligence layer on top of twenty- or thirty-year-old existing plant infrastructure integrating AI, sensors, and other IoT devices.
    Ray Fernandez, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • That change will be accompanied by significant alterations to the competition structure, which includes divisions and a new postseason format.
    Paul Tenorio, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Some alterations were made for the WPBL, including a temporary outfield fence that shortened the center field fence from 415 to 330 feet and other dimensions accordingly.
    James Raia, Mercury News, 3 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Since military prototypes often undergo multiple design revisions, such modifications are considered a normal part of the aircraft development process.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Commercial properties that are actively being listed for sale would be temporarily exempt as well, among other revisions.
    Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 1 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Choose the system, habit, or adjustment that makes everyday care feel less like duty and more like devotion.
    Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Neighbors said the temporary adjustment during the recent Bohemian Grove gathering dramatically reduced the number of aircraft flying over their homes.
    Kenny Choi, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026

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“Attunement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/attunement. Accessed 10 Aug. 2026.

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