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attune

[uh-toon, uh-tyoon] / əˈtun, əˈtjun /


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Details illuminated in the vitrines also attune viewers to connections among seemingly unrelated works among the variety of mediums Ruscha has employed over 60 years.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 7, 2024

In session, I attune to you, reflect and interpret.

From Seattle Times Nov. 13, 2023

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

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 Robert Watson

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

God is harmony; the devotee who attunes himself will never perform any action amiss.

From Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda

They are more attuned to financial and other feasibilities, which gives them a clearer road map to success.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 2, 2026

BRQ: Gabi is very attuned to what she likes, and what she wants to look like.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 2, 2026

They can be highly attuned to changes in other people's behaviour.

From BBC Jul. 28, 2026

At the same time, he remains attuned to the political calendar.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

Ever attuned to the ebb and flow of research funding, he recognized that the government stood to become as generous a financial backer as the medical foundations he had mined to build the sixty-inch.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

For centuries the finest medical minds harped on attuning a balance among the four humors—sanguine, choleric, melancholic and phlegmatic—in tender young constitutions by adjusting the proportions of hot-cold and moist-dry elements in the diet.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

Goodman is credited with attuning it to New Age sensibilities and turning astrology from a niche interest into a pop-culture juggernaut.

From Slate May 5, 2026

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

He came upon Miss Lady at last in the twilight on the big gallery, when the birds were chirping all about and the insects were attuning their nightly orchestra.

From The Law of the Land by Emerson Hough




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