tuning

present participle of tune

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Verb
  • With his second swing adapting Pynchon, the writer-director managed to take many of the aforementioned ideas and themes that permeate the author’s oeuvre and transplant them into struggles unfolding in a version of our present day.
    Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Baker, who has a law degree from the University of Texas, Austin, is adapting the fictional short story, which is inspired by her experience as a corporate attorney.
    Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 6 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Once teams started keying in on Veronica Burton, the breakout star who became their best playmaker once Kayla Thornton went down, Nakase had to get creative to generate good looks.
    Marcus Thompson II, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Their conclusion is that while the policy shifts have added macroeconomic concern, stock investors are assessing the impacts on a company-by-company and sector-by-sector basis rather than keying on broad brush concerns.
    Brian Evans, CNBC, 23 Aug. 2025
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“Tuning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tuning. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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