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as in pinched
to grasp and move with a small forceful motion
Hey, you tweaked my nose!
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as in adjusted
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 mocked
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 tweaked
In the rematch in Sacramento, Curry tweaked his right ankle but played 27 minutes, and then finished the regular season by playing X minutes at the Clippers.
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Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 13 Apr. 2026
Then Yuki Matsui tweaked his groin in spring training, some soft contact snowballed on Adrián Morejón and Estrada began losing zip on his fastball.
—Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2026
Because of that unexpected damage, NASA tweaked Artemis 2's reentry profile, bringing Integrity in on a steeper angle to limit the amount of time its heat shield was exposed to extreme conditions in the atmosphere.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 11 Apr. 2026
But these are modern games backed by massive companies, not some ancient Real-Time Strategy game that has only been tweaked since its 1999 debut.
—Jon Martindale, PC Magazine, 10 Apr. 2026
Kawamura and the production designer Ryo Sugimoto have tweaked and expanded upon the game’s spare visual elements, updating, among other objects, the wall posters where several of the trickiest anomalies lie.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 10 Apr. 2026
When methylone was finally banned in 2011, unregulated chemists simply tweaked the molecule to evade the ban, creating new drug formulas.
—Jonathan Corum, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2026
It’s been tweaked and freshened up a few times since, and became a signature of the brand’s first forays into ready-to-wear apparel under the guidance of Marc Jacobs.
—Brandon Kaipo Moningka, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2026
Co-creator Bill Lawrence shared that this thread was tweaked as a result of Apple wanting to continue Shrinking in more seasons.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 8 Apr. 2026
Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 13 Apr. 2026
Then Yuki Matsui tweaked his groin in spring training, some soft contact snowballed on Adrián Morejón and Estrada began losing zip on his fastball.
—Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2026
Because of that unexpected damage, NASA tweaked Artemis 2's reentry profile, bringing Integrity in on a steeper angle to limit the amount of time its heat shield was exposed to extreme conditions in the atmosphere.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 11 Apr. 2026
But these are modern games backed by massive companies, not some ancient Real-Time Strategy game that has only been tweaked since its 1999 debut.
—Jon Martindale, PC Magazine, 10 Apr. 2026
Kawamura and the production designer Ryo Sugimoto have tweaked and expanded upon the game’s spare visual elements, updating, among other objects, the wall posters where several of the trickiest anomalies lie.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 10 Apr. 2026
When methylone was finally banned in 2011, unregulated chemists simply tweaked the molecule to evade the ban, creating new drug formulas.
—Jonathan Corum, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2026
It’s been tweaked and freshened up a few times since, and became a signature of the brand’s first forays into ready-to-wear apparel under the guidance of Marc Jacobs.
—Brandon Kaipo Moningka, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2026
Co-creator Bill Lawrence shared that this thread was tweaked as a result of Apple wanting to continue Shrinking in more seasons.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 8 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tweaked
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During that time, the world’s oil supply will remain pinched.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
8 Apr. 2026
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He’s been there for more than 40 years, but the plaque telling his story to passersby got pinched a long time ago.—
Patt Morrison,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Apr. 2026
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It can be adjusted based on your height, from 14 to 29 inches, and supports up to 69 pounds.—
Rebecca Shinners,
Travel + Leisure,
12 Apr. 2026
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Median family income, adjusted for inflation and declining family size, rose 52% between 1979 and 2024.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
12 Apr. 2026
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Szépvölgyi mocked the prime minister, who is 62, for seeming unsteady when boos erupted at one of his recent rallies.—
Isaac Stanley-Becker,
The Atlantic,
10 Apr. 2026
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There, a drag performer mocked the country’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum.—
Michael O'Boyle,
Bloomberg,
9 Apr. 2026
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Kearse twitched briefly after the lethal drugs began entering his system but stopped moving several minutes later.—
Freida Frisaro,
Sun Sentinel,
3 Mar. 2026
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Through the scope, a polar bear twitched on the ice, 25 yards in front of me.—
Scott Haugen,
Outdoor Life,
4 Feb. 2026
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This interview has been edited and condensed, but the full version is available on the 12 Questions Podcast.—
Jeff Gluck,
New York Times,
15 Apr. 2026
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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.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
15 Apr. 2026
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Andrew Lloyd Webber, the composer behind such durable hits as Cats (1981), Phantom of the Opera, and Evita, has teased a new musical about the early 20th century theft of Leonardo da Vinci’s painting, the Mona Lisa.—
Anne Doran,
ARTnews.com,
13 Apr. 2026
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Or maybe, as some eyebrow-raising posts on social media jokingly teased, foreshadowing a possible papal presidential run?—
Terry Collins,
USA Today,
12 Apr. 2026
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Weathers was charged an additional run after issuing a leadoff walk in the sixth and getting pulled from the game.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
15 Apr. 2026
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The picture represented every second of invisible labor that pulled me away from the little people who mattered most to me, all the work that stole my ability to be present in those moments and remember them, too.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Apr. 2026
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Not to be redistributed, copied, or modified in any way.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
13 Apr. 2026
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Alibaba, the e-commerce giant, has invested in open-source models, which can be downloaded and modified freely by developers.—
Nicholas Gordon,
Fortune,
12 Apr. 2026
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“Tweaked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tweaked. Accessed 17 Apr. 2026.
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