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fiddling

[fid-ling] / ˈfɪd lɪŋ /




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Neville is skeptical that businesses will be fiddling around with AI products to create their own cybersecurity.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 27, 2026

Ninety-nine times out of 100, that means letting shareholders decide with a minimum of bureaucratic fiddling.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 16, 2025

Researchers quietly work away, fiddling with parts of the machine.

From Barron's • Dec. 10, 2025

Millie's story was singled out by a report published this week, looking into the scandal around subpostmasters who were wrongly accused of fiddling the books.

From BBC • Jul. 9, 2025

She turns the engine on and starts fiddling with some of the knobs.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy