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tune

[toon, tyoon] / tun, tjun /




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Every seven years, millions would tune in for updates on the cast's lives.

From BBC Sep. 12, 2026

Selznick had tried and failed to get a money-making tune for his previous Hitchcock film, “Spellbound,” and he was determined to succeed this time.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 4, 2026

EVs displaced China’s oil consumption to the tune of 1.5 million barrels a day in the second quarter, according to the International Energy Agency—1.5% of global demand, roughly France’s share.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 3, 2026

Manchester City have completed their squad overhaul - including a fully revamped midfield - to the tune of £458m, a new Premier League record for a summer window.

From BBC Sep. 2, 2026

I began to walk, humming softly, and maybe it was the rhythmic movement, or my off-key tune, but the baby seemed to relax.

From "Willodeen" by Katherine Applegate

Webb eschews the Wagnerian method of film scoring—dark motifs for the evil characters, bright tunes for the good ones—in favor of fluid, shifting psychological music, a forerunner of Hitchcock’s scores with Bernard Herrmann.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 4, 2026

Soothe your inner child with some nostalgic tunes: When Rebecca Knight became a parent, she vowed that her kids wouldn’t listen to Raffi.

From Slate Sep. 2, 2026

Parton once estimated that she composed or collaborated on more than 3000 tunes in her lifetime, recording some 450 of them.

From Salon Aug. 29, 2026

Another of her tunes, Jolene - which finds her pleading with a stunning rival not to steal her man - re-entered the chart at number nine on Friday.

From BBC Aug. 28, 2026

She loves to belt out tunes by the Beatles or the Carpenters.

From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins

Mitch frantically tuned in on his iPad and tried to contain his excitement as his brother had an outstanding debut, nearly leading the Chargers to victory.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 7, 2026

As a result, far fewer viewers are leaving their sets tuned to CBS after switching off for the night.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 3, 2026

Wall Street was especially tuned to this inflation report because Fed officials signaled they were watching it more closely too.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

That indicates that the person is not particularly tuned in to the proper spelling of the word, or that they didn't do a close edit of what they wrote, Eggington explains.

From BBC Aug. 2, 2026

Keys that avoid the wolf fifth sound just fine on instruments that are tuned this way, but keys in which the wolf fifth is often heard become a problem.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones

For Dr Bate, "the most important part is tuning in to how you feel".

From BBC Sep. 9, 2026

When AFP visited Shenqu in July, rows upon rows of finished guitars sat neatly on racks, awaiting final tuning checks before shipment.

From Barron's Aug. 31, 2026

"The strain-dependent nature suggests that we may be able to use lattice strain as a tuning knob to induce or control altermagnetism," Zhang said.

From Science Daily Aug. 27, 2026

Unfortunately for Carville and his ilk, that’s exactly why so many young progressives were tuning in to his stream in the first place.

From Slate Aug. 7, 2026

This sameness is a result of equal-tempered tuning, however; other tuning systems have been used which cause enharmonic notes to be tuned slightly differently.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones




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