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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

And how tenderly do the ancient prophets also attune their monitions to the promptings of the richest and purest of human sympathies.

From Creed And Deed A Series of Discourses by Adler, Felix

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

To the eye of contemplation it is one of the most memorable of landscapes; a stand-point for historical reverie, which attunes the mind for subsequent and less discursive retrospection.

From Gifts of Genius A Miscellany of Prose and Poetry by American Authors by Various

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

In 2010, scholars were becoming attuned to something known as the “invisible primary.”

From Salon Jul. 10, 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

The hum had sunk into the center of him and broken open, flooding him with this new perception—a whole new sense attuned to mesarthium, and he was master of it.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

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

“As migrants, you always improvise, attuning yourself to your surroundings, and that comes across in my work,” he said.

From New York Times Apr. 20, 2022

He tried to analyze himself and his relation to affairs outside himself, but his psychological attuning was pitched only to such an agony as cries for outlet.

From The Tempering by Buck, Charles Neville




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