fine-tuned

Definition of fine-tunednext
past tense of fine-tune

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Recent Examples of fine-tuned In the last few decades, this old mill town has fine-tuned its offerings as a premier destination for outdoor recreation, craft beer, and live entertainment. Sierra Vandervort, Travel + Leisure, 20 June 2026 Enhanced drone production also meant that Ukrainian drones were fine-tuned and improved, where they were used to conduct strikes against Russian targets. Mark Temnycky, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026 The company fine-tuned an official bottled version of the popular beverage that doesn’t require tea bags or a 20-minute wait and introduced it last summer. Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 18 May 2026 Later, the Act was expanded and fine-tuned with the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the Fair Housing Act of 1968. Leslie Hoyle Guerra, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2026 Even the Oracle of Omaha and longtime Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett has fine-tuned his own hiring philosophy. Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 7 Jan. 2026 Moreover, the growth of CNTs around the fabric is uniform, and morphology can be fine-tuned using reaction parameters such as temperature, gas composition, and how the catalyst is distributed. Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 1 Jan. 2026 Its nucleus is also far bigger than other notable comets, while its arrival time was fine-tuned to bring it within tens of millions of kilometers from Mars, Venus and Jupiter and be unobservable from Earth at perihelion, along with other unexpected properties. Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025 Toastique was started in 2018 by former Division I cheerleader Brianna Keefe, who had fine-tuned her own avocado toast while at James Madison University. Linda Zavoral, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fine-tuned
Verb
  • The 646 gets a specialized suspension setup, with four-way adjustable damper units that can be adjusted individually for compression and rebound.
    Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Its range and payload can also be adjusted according to mission requirements.
    Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 15 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The crypto market structure bill would have established clear rules for how digital assets, including tokenized securities, are classified and regulated.
    Tanaya Macheel, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Other fence materials and styles are similarly regulated, and homeowners are expected to seek architectural approval before installing them.
    Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 17 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Have the Bills actually put enough around Josh Allen to win the AFC?
    Austin Mock, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026
  • The ratios offer a little more room for expenses by putting a little less toward savings than the longstanding gold standard, the 50/30/20 budget.
    Becca Stanek, TheWeek, 7 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Later, detectives produced three male DNA profiles from evidence collected at the scene, including some pulled from beer bottles and cigarette butts, but none were ever matched to anyone until recently.
    Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026
  • The styling and stagecraft matched a typical fashion-week launch, but nothing in the lineup required producing new inventory.
    Ashley Lynch, Sacbee.com, 16 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The Chiefs haven’t adapted as defenses have trended toward two deep safeties and light boxes.
    Ted Nguyen, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026
  • Before Iamaleava took that hit, Chesney already had adapted to the loss of starting receiver Landon Ellis, who went down early in the third quarter.
    Marisa Ingemi, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2026

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“Fine-tuned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fine-tuned. Accessed 19 Sep. 2026.

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