attunement

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Recent Examples of attunement The author’s grand and ambitious novels are written with warmth and a whimsical attunement to the human condition. — Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026 Authenticity needs attunement—meaning, share openly, but notice when the room asks you to rein it in. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for attunement
Noun
  • Speakers also called for greater administrative harmonization and support for emerging creative industries.
    — Anna Marie de la Fuente, Variety, 21 Sep. 2026
  • The two organizations earlier this year unveiled a joint ESG harmonization framework aimed at supporting suppliers and preparing brands for coming European regulatory requirements.
    — Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 14 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • For boards and CXOs, fault tolerance, error correction, economics and demonstrable advantage still matter.
    — Rajjie Sarmey, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Shortages of corrections officers result in greater restrictions on the movement of incarcerated people, who then have less access to health appointments, group therapy and other programming.
    — Jaquelyn Jahn, The Conversation, 16 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • These nuclei absorb laser light only when the frequency is precisely matched, allowing any decrease in absorption to trigger an automatic frequency readjustment.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 7 Oct. 2026
  • This may be a helpful readjustment for your husband.
    — R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2026
Noun
  • Diplomats in Haiti had raised concerns about the modifications ahead of publication.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 12 Oct. 2026
  • The latest contract modification will add two craft to the Navy’s ongoing procurement program, supporting its efforts to maintain and strengthen the capabilities required for modern amphibious operations.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 11 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • The contract covers engineering, technical assistance, technology integration, supply-chain development, workforce training and digital transformation initiatives.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Its construction marks another chapter in the transformation of an island whose identity has long been tied to industrial production.
    — Sarah Belmont for ArtNews, Robb Report, 14 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Recently, the Griffin MSI also announced plans for alterations to the North Portico where the main entrance has always been, in the form of a welcome hall.
    — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026
  • These bridal redesigns start at £600, with simple alteration projects closer to £200.
    — Bella Webb, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • The judge concluded that the revisions did not eliminate the constitutional controversy surrounding the city’s public-participation rules.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2026
  • The Election Commission and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s administration deny the allegations and say the revision is intended to remove duplicate and ineligible entries.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Ongoing care may be as simple as assessing how the patient is responding to their dosage and whether an adjustment is appropriate.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 15 Oct. 2026
  • The lawmakers pointed to signal adjustments made to comply with federal rules protecting the Table Mountain Radio Quiet Zone.
    — Sarah Horbacewicz, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026

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“Attunement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/attunement. Accessed 19 Oct. 2026.

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