as in to horse around
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Recent Examples of tinker
And don't tinker with the redshirt rules.
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The Athletic College Football Staff, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2026
Bengen himself continues to tinker with the 4% rule.
—Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 30 Dec. 2025
Rather than trying to tinker with your spending to optimize your savings rate, pick a flat percentage of your income — Benz says 15% is a good target — and set that money to automatically come out of each paycheck to be put toward financial goals.
—Ryan Ermey, CNBC, 6 Dec. 2025
As an adult, his family wrote, Messerly was a hard worker, a skilled chef, and loved to tinker.
—Luke Chinman, PEOPLE, 5 Dec. 2025
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The Athletic College Football Staff, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2026
Bengen himself continues to tinker with the 4% rule.
—Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 30 Dec. 2025
Rather than trying to tinker with your spending to optimize your savings rate, pick a flat percentage of your income — Benz says 15% is a good target — and set that money to automatically come out of each paycheck to be put toward financial goals.
—Ryan Ermey, CNBC, 6 Dec. 2025
As an adult, his family wrote, Messerly was a hard worker, a skilled chef, and loved to tinker.
—Luke Chinman, PEOPLE, 5 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tinker
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In April 2020, Iglesias shared a video of him horsing around with Lucy and Nicholas as the pair attempted to climb on his back for a ride.—
Andrea Wurzburger,
PEOPLE,
19 Jan. 2026
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At this point in time, my little AI company, a lean and mean group of passionate believers, is horsing around fine-tuning the product, living on a couple of angel investments, where a 10X return on few million dollars is very satisfying, not only to the angel, but also to the employees.—
Neil Senturia,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Oct. 2025
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Two planes sat idling on the tarmac at San Francisco International Airport late Wednesday night, both of them waiting on disparate groups of Spurs players and staffers.—
Jeff McDonald,
San Antonio Express-News,
12 Feb. 2026
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Picture galactic engines, just idling.—
Paul Sutter,
Space.com,
11 Feb. 2026
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Flight attendants turned into drill sergeants, barking at passengers who flouted mask rules or dawdled too long eating that snack with the mask off.—
Thomas Black,
Twin Cities,
21 Dec. 2025
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My request to ownership is don’t dawdle.—
DP Opinion,
Denver Post,
19 Oct. 2025
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Here for a romantic getaway, my husband and I stayed in the luxurious Kalinago king suite overlooking the ocean, with a private patio perfect for just-the-two-of-us lounging.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
15 Feb. 2026
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The sunny spot is lined with butterfly-friendly landscaping, features space to lounge or dine, and is shaded by scalloped umbrellas that would look at home on a stylish beachside resort.—
Joyce Chen,
Architectural Digest,
14 Feb. 2026
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“Tinker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tinker. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.
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