as in adjusted
to make small changes to (something) in order to improve the way it works or to make it exactly right
fine-tune a TV set fine-tune the temperature of the room They're fine-tuning interest rates to achieve economic growth without inflation.
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Recent Examples of fine-tuned
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.
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Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
The research team highlighted that the material can be fine-tuned to provide stiffer resistance to heavy collisions or softer cushioning for lighter impacts.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 25 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
Brown continued to lean on the turbo-sinker fastball that was his best pitch, but with the playoff opener against the Astros in mind, the righty also fine-tuned his four-seam fastball.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Sep. 2025
The ride then soft-opens to a limited group, like fellow park employees or annual passholders, and is fine-tuned before opening to the general public.
—Eve Chen, USA Today, 19 Sep. 2025
Additionally, the electrical circuitry and mechanical construction have been fine-tuned to provide a higher level of sound quality compared to previous models.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Those episodes were made with the company's proprietary AI engine, fine-tuned for animated storytelling.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 12 Sep. 2025
Over millennia, marine animals have honed ears and sonar-like abilities to read their world in vibrations and echoes, turning the ocean into a place both alive with sound and fine-tuned to its subtleties.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 11 Sep. 2025
Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
The research team highlighted that the material can be fine-tuned to provide stiffer resistance to heavy collisions or softer cushioning for lighter impacts.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 25 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
Brown continued to lean on the turbo-sinker fastball that was his best pitch, but with the playoff opener against the Astros in mind, the righty also fine-tuned his four-seam fastball.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Sep. 2025
The ride then soft-opens to a limited group, like fellow park employees or annual passholders, and is fine-tuned before opening to the general public.
—Eve Chen, USA Today, 19 Sep. 2025
Additionally, the electrical circuitry and mechanical construction have been fine-tuned to provide a higher level of sound quality compared to previous models.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Those episodes were made with the company's proprietary AI engine, fine-tuned for animated storytelling.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 12 Sep. 2025
Over millennia, marine animals have honed ears and sonar-like abilities to read their world in vibrations and echoes, turning the ocean into a place both alive with sound and fine-tuned to its subtleties.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 11 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fine-tuned
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Google, Meta, Microsoft’s LinkedIn, and Elon Musk’s X have all delayed, adjusted, or flat-out refused to launch AI products because of the bloc’s laws.—
Andrew Nusca,
Fortune,
10 Nov. 2025
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What’s more, your defense adjusted, digging in its heels, getting to Northwestern’s running backs closer to the line of scrimmage so that the Wildcats gained only 28 yards on the ground in the second half after rushing for 102 in the first.—
Mirjam Swanson,
Oc Register,
8 Nov. 2025
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There’s a kind of social contract under which utilities operate essentially as monopolies to provide a public service and in exchange are regulated.—
Judith Kohler,
Denver Post,
7 Jan. 2026
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The devices measure pollutants regulated by the EPA, including nitrogen oxides, ozone and particulate matter from sources like gas turbines, factories and heavy traffic.—
Jack Armstrong,
Memphis Commercial Appeal,
6 Jan. 2026
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Ballmer and his wife, Connie, matched donations made during the event, raising a total of $100 million.—
Tom Wait,
CBS News,
7 Jan. 2026
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In the snaps, the couple pose with their two daughters, Adira, 2, and Olympia, 8, who matched in light blue dresses.—
Catherine Santino,
PEOPLE,
7 Jan. 2026
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Johnson’s 55-yard TD run in the third quarter put MidAmerica Nazarene up 31-0.—
The Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
9 Nov. 2025
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Younger consumers are, as Veblen might put it, performing taste with efficiency.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
9 Nov. 2025
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Atlas toward pushing control boundaries and Optimus toward integration with production-line economics and perception stacks adapted from autonomous driving.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Nov. 2025
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Then, the whole culture completely adapted to the horse.—
Matt Alderton,
USA Today,
7 Nov. 2025
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