as in to adjust
to make small changes to (something) in order to improve the way it works or to make it exactly right
fine-tune a TV set fine-tune the temperature of the room They're fine-tuning interest rates to achieve economic growth without inflation.
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Recent Examples of fine-tune
The Air Stratos is comfortable for all-day wear and has an easy-to-adjust dial in the back for fine-tuning the fit on the go.
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Maggie Slepian, Travel + Leisure, 11 Feb. 2025
Although the test is too late to guide current crop fertilization, the post-harvest evaluation can estimate N sufficiency levels during the corn growing season and provide a valuable tool for fine-tuning future nitrogen management strategies.
—Dr. Haiying Tao, Hartford Courant, 8 Feb. 2025
This includes fine-tuning customer experiences and gaining insights that adjust products, pricing and marketing to best meet customer needs.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
So my editor and I spent a lot of time getting that sequence as fine-tuned as possible, but also working with our composer, Elena Kats-Chernin.
—Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 4 Feb. 2025
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Maggie Slepian, Travel + Leisure, 11 Feb. 2025
Although the test is too late to guide current crop fertilization, the post-harvest evaluation can estimate N sufficiency levels during the corn growing season and provide a valuable tool for fine-tuning future nitrogen management strategies.
—Dr. Haiying Tao, Hartford Courant, 8 Feb. 2025
This includes fine-tuning customer experiences and gaining insights that adjust products, pricing and marketing to best meet customer needs.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
So my editor and I spent a lot of time getting that sequence as fine-tuned as possible, but also working with our composer, Elena Kats-Chernin.
—Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 4 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fine-tune
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The Bills’ scouting department and coaching staff will adjust, but any single opponent is a moving target.—
Tim Graham,
The Athletic,
14 Feb. 2025
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The sales totals are adjusted for seasonality but not inflation for a month, in which prices rose 0.5%.—
Jeff Cox,
CNBC,
14 Feb. 2025
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Monitoring the rodents' brains, the team found that a group of appetite and regulating nerve cells called the pro-opiomelanocortin (PMOC) neurons lit up as soon as the mice were given sugar, and enabled their appetite.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
14 Feb. 2025
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Lawmakers again failed to act on the issue early this year, despite Gov. JB Pritzker’s call for a law to crack down on hemp sales, and an alternate bill to license and regulate hemp stores.—
Robert McCoppin,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Feb. 2025
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In the final, Johns & Waters put an end to the Alshon & Black freight train, but not without some solid pickleball.—
Todd Boss,
Forbes,
10 Feb. 2025
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Animals puts Yeun back in business with not just Netflix but with Artists Equity as the actor stars with Affleck and Damon in RIP, an upcoming crime thriller directed by Joe Carnahan.—
Borys Kit,
The Hollywood Reporter,
10 Feb. 2025
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But the potency of these pictures is never matched by any lasting consequence or stakes, or even the wry humor that is necessary with such weighty material.—
Madison Bloom,
Pitchfork,
7 Feb. 2025
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After Ole’s death, his alibi is confirmed, and a new clue emerges: Officer Anton notices that the taillight of Carl Willner’s restaurant delivery car is broken, matching the description of a vehicle seen near the crime scene.—
Isadora Wandermurem,
TIME,
7 Feb. 2025
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Helen Fielding adapts her novel for the screen alongside Dan Mazer and Abi Morgan with maturity.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
14 Feb. 2025
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Author Sophie Cousens adapted her novel, which came out at the end of 2020, into the screenplay for the movie.—
Dessi Gomez,
Deadline,
14 Feb. 2025
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“Fine-tune.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fine-tune. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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