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dial

verb as in tune to desired position

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The proposed legislation was a "once in a lifetime opportunity" for the government to "shift the dial just slightly in favour of working people", she said.

From BBC

David Lammy expressed his opposition to this, and said approval of illegal settlements in east Jerusalem "moved the dial" even closer towards recognition of a Palestinian state.

From BBC

Near the end of the album, Carpenter dials down the comedy for “Don’t Worry I’ll Make You Worry,” a sad and shimmery ballad about the thin line between love and war.

A long-distance trucker who dials in from the road.

He dialed up blitz after blitz, just hoping for the best.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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