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tinkering

NOUN
mending
Synonyms
STRONG
adjustment alteration ameliorating bettering correcting curing enhancing fixing freshening helping rebuilding rectifying refreshing relieving remedying remodeling renewing renovating renovation repair repairing restoration reviving
WEAK
patching up
Antonyms
STRONG
neglect

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Huang says she’s looking to build a new system that serves every Angeleno, rather than tinkering with the one that exists.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

They all contain cryostats like the one Marcel is tinkering with.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

Tech companies have been tinkering with smartglasses and other face-mounted computing devices for over a decade.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

All that means that any tinkering with Fannie and Freddie’s status also risks destabilizing the MBS market and driving mortgage rates higher.

From Barron's • Mar. 19, 2026

Nights she sat up to work on her tinkering, fixing clocks, pots, hand tools.

From "Worth" by A. LaFaye