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
This is the moment to fine-tune your goals and get organized.
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Valerie Mesa, People.com, 31 May 2025
These tests will help us fine-tune the design for a bigger system that can recycle tons of e-waste per hour instead of just a few pounds.
—Terence Musho, The Conversation, 28 May 2025
Enrolling them in a dog sports class, like fly ball or agility, may also help your dog fine-tune their smarts.
—Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 May 2025
This way, individuals can access hardware (Nvidia Grace Blackwell Superchips) to prototype, fine-tune, and run their AI models locally.
—Brian Westover, PC Magazine, 24 May 2025
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Valerie Mesa, People.com, 31 May 2025
These tests will help us fine-tune the design for a bigger system that can recycle tons of e-waste per hour instead of just a few pounds.
—Terence Musho, The Conversation, 28 May 2025
Enrolling them in a dog sports class, like fly ball or agility, may also help your dog fine-tune their smarts.
—Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 May 2025
This way, individuals can access hardware (Nvidia Grace Blackwell Superchips) to prototype, fine-tune, and run their AI models locally.
—Brian Westover, PC Magazine, 24 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fine-tune
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New steering column paddles adjust regenerative braking to recapture energy, but there’s no one-pedal setting to bring the bZ to a full stop.—
Mark Phelan,
USA Today,
2 June 2025
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The handle can even be extended from 26 inches to 32.5 inches, or adjusted down to a 90-degree angle and back.—
Izzy Baskette,
People.com,
2 June 2025
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The very principle of financialization rules even the most mundane exchange of objects in the same manner that the most banal exchange of economic investment and speculation regulates the sign of spiritual autonomy and utopian aspirations that abstraction had initially promised.—
Benjamin H. D. Buchloh,
Artforum,
1 June 2025
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The team worked quickly to regulate his blood glucose, rehydrate him, and start him on antibiotics—just in time.—
Alice Gibbs,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 June 2025
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Trump was given 10 days to put the injunction into effect, per the order accompanying the ruling.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
30 May 2025
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This puts it in the premium category of water sports equipment.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
29 May 2025
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That matches Colorado Avalanche’s Cale Makar as the fastest active defenseman to that mark.—
Michael Russo,
New York Times,
7 June 2025
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The singer donned a completely sheer Ludovic de Saint Sernin gown to promote her new record on Wednesday, June 4, at Rockefeller Center in New York City, accentuating her chic look with matching black underwear and no bra in a risqué, NSFW Instagram post.—
Jay Stahl,
USA Today,
7 June 2025
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But in sunny Southern California, many of our native plants adapted to hot, dry summers by choosing that time to go dormant.—
Jeanette Marantos,
Los Angeles Times,
2 June 2025
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He’s got his blindspots defensively, but has the physical traits to adapt to the Premier League.—
Caoimhe O'Neill,
New York Times,
2 June 2025
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“Fine-tune.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fine-tune. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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