: aware of and attentive or responsive to something
—used with to
… designed to produce a … police department that is more attuned to the needs of individual communities …—
Clifford Krauss
Clifford Krauss… what's especially crucial is the mother's or caregiver's "sensitivity"—how attuned she is to her child's experience of the world.—Pamela Druckerman
Pamela Druckerman… disenchanted with a government that seems more attuned to the interests of big business and rural folk than to those of urban dwellers.—Edwin O. Reischauer
Edwin O. ReischauerExamples of attuned in a Sentence
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Ensure your sales training programs will be delivered by local trainers who are culturally attuned to that region and can customize the content accordingly.
—Julie Thomas, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
Most people are so acutely attuned to the threat of feeling duped that even minor scam risks can contaminate their decision-making, both in terms of everyday financial and social decision-making, and also at the level of their core values and deeper goals.
—Tess Wilkinson-Ryan, TIME, 18 Mar. 2025
Those who control the funding are powerful, elsewhere and not attuned to the needs of the residents who are the true hosts.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 26 Jan. 2025
Online spaces can be moderated and controlled, and Dr. Green says that LGBTQ+ youth are highly attuned to these attributes.
—Taylor Grothe, Parents, 12 Mar. 2025
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Julie Thomas, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
Most people are so acutely attuned to the threat of feeling duped that even minor scam risks can contaminate their decision-making, both in terms of everyday financial and social decision-making, and also at the level of their core values and deeper goals.
—Tess Wilkinson-Ryan, TIME, 18 Mar. 2025
Those who control the funding are powerful, elsewhere and not attuned to the needs of the residents who are the true hosts.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 26 Jan. 2025
Online spaces can be moderated and controlled, and Dr. Green says that LGBTQ+ youth are highly attuned to these attributes.
—Taylor Grothe, Parents, 12 Mar. 2025
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“Attuned.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/attuned. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.
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