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attune

[uh-toon, uh-tyoon] / əˈtun, əˈtjun /


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The more the community is represented in meetings, and in discussions in general, Barlet feels, the more attune the whole group is to its needs.

From The Verge Jul. 15, 2022

I am learning to attune my senses to subtleties.

From Salon Oct. 23, 2021

Sahm said voters are especially attune to rising gas prices but generally “there are other things consumers care far more about.”

From Seattle Times Jun. 18, 2021

The audience sat in bleachers for the opening spectacle of immigrant Arrivals coming to Sweet Land, greeted and fed by native Hosts attempting to attune the newcomers to the spiritual needs of nature.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 30, 2020

Soon the internal tumult, caused by what I had just gone through, began to subside, and my spirits rose attune to the glories of the afternoon.

From My Brave and Gallant Gentleman A Romance of British Columbia by Watson, Robert

But as the book went on I realized it wasn’t really written for readers like me, but rather for those whose culture attunes them to the idea that death is a porous border.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 28, 2023

“Escape from Alcatraz,” like “A Man Escaped,” opens with a period title card and the arrival of a prisoner, and it quickly attunes viewers to the sound of footsteps and shackles.

From New York Times May 14, 2020

Understanding, anticipating, and responding to change is at the heart of science fiction—envisioning ourselves amid the strange and the fantastic attunes us to the unexpected and helps us chart a course to a better future.

From Slate Apr. 10, 2020

Before long, the algorithm can detect a “p” sound across multiple languages, and exposure to those languages further attunes its senses.

From Time Mar. 24, 2015

As when the months are clad in flowery green, Sad Philomel, in bowery shades unseen, To vernal airs attunes her varied strains; And Itylus sounds warbling o'er the plains; Young Itylus, his parents' darling joy!

From The Odyssey by Pope, Alexander

Rather, it is about becoming attuned to their characteristics and developing a gut feeling.

From BBC Jul. 11, 2026

But that’s not necessarily the best value—it’s in companies trading on local exchanges and more attuned to the country’s growth drivers, along with some multinational technology companies.

From Barron's Jun. 23, 2026

“If dads had higher prenatal cortisol and partners were more weakly linked, toddlers did worse on the executive functioning task, perhaps because the dads were less attuned to their partners and less primed to parent.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 19, 2026

It is disproportionately female, politically diverse within a broadly liberal frame and deeply attuned to questions of character and intent.

From Salon Jun. 17, 2026

But even men far tougher and more attuned to the wilderness than Thoreau were sobered by its strange and palpable menace.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson

My attention span is so bad lately that it really is just me closing my eyes and composing emails that I’ll forget to send rather than attuning to some higher power.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 12, 2025

She was an artist not just adept at expressing her own vulnerabilities, but attuning to those of her listeners.

From Salon Mar. 28, 2025

The Buddha suggests that we work with the fundamental dissatisfaction we feel by releasing craving, and attuning to the sensory richness of the present moment.

From Slate Aug. 3, 2024

Staying ahead as a manufactured spender means staying alert, and attuning yourself to particular ways that abstract financial innovations can be layered.

From New York Times Jan. 5, 2021

But, hark!—a broken warbling of voices, and now, attuning its grandeur to their sweetness, a stately peal of the organ.

From Sunday at Home (From "Twice Told Tales") by Hawthorne, Nathaniel




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