as in adjustment
the act of making something slightly different
After a minor tweak, the computer seemed to run much better.
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as in to pinch
to grasp and move with a small forceful motion
Hey, you tweaked my nose!
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as in to adjust
to make small adjustments to
You can tweak the settings to customize the display. He spent considerable time tweaking the recipe.
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as in to mock
to make (someone or something) the object of criticism, amusement, or laughter
They're always tweaking me about my northern accent.
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Recent Examples of tweak
Marisa McMillan, Outside, 7 Oct. 2025
Best Amazon Prime Day Bedroom Furniture Deals Refreshing your bedroom’s style with just a few simple tweaks can amount to a surprisingly fun and unique change.
—Toni Sutton, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025
John Shipley, Twin Cities, 13 Oct. 2025
Weah’s presence as the right wingback also compelled Pochettino to tweak the shape in possession.
—Paul Tenorio, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
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Noun
Why do these design tweaks work so well?
—Marisa McMillan, Outside, 7 Oct. 2025
Best Amazon Prime Day Bedroom Furniture Deals Refreshing your bedroom’s style with just a few simple tweaks can amount to a surprisingly fun and unique change.
—Toni Sutton, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025
Verb
For Monday night’s game against the Los Angeles Kings at Grand Casino Arena, the first game of a back-to-back that continues Tuesday in Dallas, tweaked the second and third lines, and opened the door for center Danila Yurov to make his NHL debut.
—John Shipley, Twin Cities, 13 Oct. 2025
Weah’s presence as the right wingback also compelled Pochettino to tweak the shape in possession.
—Paul Tenorio, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tweak
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In addition, the pumps didn’t function correctly right out of the box; specialized endocrinologists had to help program the devices and make adjustments every few months.—
Carrie Arnold,
Scientific American,
14 Oct. 2025
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Small adjustments to your schedule can lead to significant benefits.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
14 Oct. 2025
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The Phillies, having already dipped into their bench, could not pinch run for Nick Castellanos (who was the tying run) on second base.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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Pruning Young chocolate cosmos plants benefit from pinching back early the growing season.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
3 Oct. 2025
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Jays starter Shane Bieber, who was tagged with a two-run Julio Rodríguez homer in the first, adjusted, going six strong innings with a steady mix of off-speed stuff.—
Mitch Bannon,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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The brain eventually adjusts, but the body continues to degrade.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Oct. 2025
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One of the challenges for me as biographer was not to trivalize this obsession, not to mock it in any way.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Oct. 2025
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Their mother began a relationship with a swaggering alcoholic, their future stepfather, who mocked Scott for being soft.—
Eren Orbey,
New Yorker,
13 Oct. 2025
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In early July, Russell Oswald, New York commissioner of corrections, received a letter with a list of 28 demands for reform, signed by five inmates calling themselves the Attica Liberation Faction.—
Michael Collins,
USA Today,
14 Oct. 2025
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Matt Reinhart wrote on Facebook that victim Mindy Clifton used to work in corrections in Florida before moving to Tennessee.—
Greg Norman,
FOXNews.com,
14 Oct. 2025
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Her hand twitched from the heat.—
Zuzana Říhová,
Literary Hub,
26 Sep. 2025
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Any dairy farmer can tell you that biting flies are a pestilent scourge for cattle herds, which is why one so often sees cows throwing their heads, stamping their feet, flicking their tails, and twitching their skin—desperately trying to shake off the nasty creatures.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
18 Sep. 2025
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Their responses, which have been edited slightly for length, can be found below.—
Grace Tucker,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
14 Oct. 2025
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The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
14 Oct. 2025
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Jenner, 28, began teasing the song earlier in the day on Monday, sharing the cover art in a post to her Instagram account.—
Amy McCarthy,
PEOPLE,
14 Oct. 2025
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SpaceX teases a return to eye-catching booster landings After using most of its fuel and propelling Starship toward space, the Super Heavy on Monday safely broke away from the upper Starship spacecraft and veered back toward Earth.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN Money,
14 Oct. 2025
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“Tweak.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tweak. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.
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