tinker
Example Sentences
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Amorim tinkered his system once more to try and turn the tide, but his substitution of Casemiro left the Brazilian befuddled.
From Barron's
It is obliged, instead, to adopt what François Jacob, a French biologist, referred to in 1977 as a strategy of “tinkering.”
Waiting could pay off for people who want more in their paychecks instead of big refunds — but who don’t want to tinker with their withholdings.
From MarketWatch
Policymakers are more likely to tinker around the edges until things get far uglier.
From Barron's
The vast majority of architects Smith spoke to were used to framing with wood, so introducing alternative materials meant spending valuable weeks tweaking plans and tinkering with the budget.
From Los Angeles Times
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