tinkering

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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

It took years of tinkering in the minors and a test run during the exhibition slate last season before league officials settled on an answer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

And then, as coaches, what we do is we start tinkering.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 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

They are both based on the premise that an epidemic can be reversed, can be tipped, by tinkering with the smallest details of the immediate environment.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell