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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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Over the holidays, developers and AI enthusiasts spent hours tinkering with the tool and said they were “Claude-pilled,” or addicted to the product.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

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

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

After tinkering more, he landed on a story he liked.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Spalding has all the attributes of a future entrepreneur and loves tinkering with cars.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

This was a persona I'd been tinkering with myself: the outcast, the rebel.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris

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