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fine-tune

[fahyn-toon, -tyoon] / ˈfaɪnˈtun, -ˈtjun /
VERB
make small adjustments
Synonyms


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"By understanding the steps between nutrient detection in the gut and learning in the brain, it might be possible to fine-tune them to subtly change our preferences for different foods," Knight said.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2026

Bakery downtown quickly evolved into a network of trusted advisors, who helped shape her campaign promises and fine-tune policy proposals so they could be executed on day one.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026

McDermott - with no mid-season international or warm-up matches to fine-tune a style of play - has produced improvements.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

The engineers use those question-answer-reasoning sets to fine-tune their ‘student model’ and adjust its weights.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

“I just need to — sort of fine-tune it, all right?”

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling

The agency fine-tunes its employment estimates every year.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026

The day the typical AI paper out of Stanford fine-tunes an American open model—simply because it is the best model available—is the day we are winning.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

"It's like a nutrient that fine-tunes how your body reads your genes," she said.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 7, 2026

“I just feel like this woman has a little bit of mystery and strength,” Althouse says, as Soria fine-tunes the woman’s leg.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2025

"Tell me what you buy and I'll tell you who you are"-mug shots of all of us are taken continuously, by extremely inventive digital devices, while the market fine-tunes us.

From The Civilization of Illiteracy by Mihai Nadin

The authoritative voice we associate with Picard ordering his tea “Earl Grey, hot,” was fine-tuned over a career that began with training at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, where he enrolled in 1957.

From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026

The Budget is due to be printed this evening, with Healey's speech likely to be fine-tuned right up until it is delivered on Wednesday lunchtime.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026

These AI versions can be fine-tuned by clients for specific needs on in-house infrastructure, and used at a fraction of the cost.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

"This shows we can have incredibly fine-tuned control of sound, which might mean that devices that use sound as a fundamental technology can get much better," he said.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

After seven Everest expeditions, he explained, he’d fine-tuned a remarkably effective acclimatization plan that would enable us to adapt to the paucity of oxygen in the atmosphere.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer

One speculative possibility raised by Trachenko is that multiple forms of fine-tuning may be involved.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026

Instead of rushing out an album after the pandemic, Anthrax took their time writing and fine-tuning new songs before entering Dave Grohl’s Studio 606 in L.A. in 2022.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

A chairman skeptical of fine-tuning is an unlikely candidate to raise rates a quarter point and declare the job done, analysts said Friday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

“I don’t think we’re great in the fine-tuning business,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

Dimple and Rishi had spent every day in between fine-tuning Dimple’s initial wireframe prototype, making sure they were ready to begin working on the backend of things.

From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon


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