fine-tuned

Definition of fine-tunednext
past tense of fine-tune

Example Sentences

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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
  • Earnings, adjusted for one-time items, totaled 18 cents per share.
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 4 Aug. 2026
  • My trusty spreadsheet found another slice of improving economics across the Golden State by eyeballing the number of jobless workers in June, data not adjusted for seasonal swings.
    Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 3 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • But unlike organic, regenerative agriculture is only lightly regulated at the federal level in the US.
    Bloomberg, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Funeral home directors are regulated by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.
    Allison Kiehl, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The Galaxy Watch 9 matched its predecessor exactly, falling short of Samsung's estimate and lasting 26 hours with the always-on display enabled.
    Andrew Gebhart, PC Magazine, 5 Aug. 2026
  • The town recently received a $100,000 grant from the Porter County Community Foundation for the dog park, which will be matched by $100,000 in local fundraising.
    Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Meanwhile, Roten and her husband are stretched thin, putting renovations of what was supposed to be a starter home on hold.
    Natasha Chen, CNN Money, 3 Aug. 2026
  • The Moon’s Shadow Returns Published on NASA’s YouTube channel on July 29, the short trailer puts the emotional impact of totality front and center.
    Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • By the time Carrick took the helm and moved from a wing-back system to a more straightforward front three, there was only half of the season left for anyone to try to build consistency in the role after having adapted to a different position.
    Cerys Jones, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2026
  • However, the catalyst has so far been demonstrated only as a model thin-film system, so additional work will be needed before it can be adapted for industrial reactors.
    Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 2 Aug. 2026

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

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