tweak
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Whether they tweak conventional wisdom or devise an entirely new way to pick stocks, the key is adopting a screening method that works — and then sticking with it.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 7, 2026
The two candidates have been somewhat aligned in trying to tweak the tax.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
Here’s how to tweak your investment strategy in response.
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026
That acceleration happened despite a tweak to the PCE inflation formula that many analysts believe, all else equal, would help to cool the index in recent months.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
A slight tweak can produce drastic and often unforeseen results.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
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Expectations were running high that the Treasury might use a primary dealer questionnaire on Friday to hint at tweaks to long-dated supply, potentially as soon as its Nov. 4 quarterly refunding statement.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026
Such direct relationships, he stressed, are the core asset of modern journalism, even as tech platforms continually insert themselves between news outlets and their readers and viewers through algorithm tweaks.
From Salon ● Sep. 22, 2026
From subtle camera tweaks on the iPhone 18 Pro to real-time fitness scores on the Apple Watch Series 12, see how the latest gear compares to what’s already in your pocket.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
But the look and tone of “60 Minutes” remained intact, with only a few minor tweaks to the graphics.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
“I made a few more tweaks last night,” Dari said.
From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller
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To tame the rally, the People’s Bank of China tweaked forex reserve rules on Tuesday, requiring Chinese financial institutions to lock up more foreign-currency deposits with the central bank.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2026
But with four minutes to go in the day, Australia captain Pat Cummins tweaked his field for spinner Nathan Lyon.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
Arteta has tweaked Saka's positioning this season and, prior to Lille's visit, said it has been done deliberately to get him closer to the goal.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
Rojas tweaked his back in Game 3 when his feet slid out from under him in the slick grass in shallow right field as he made an on-target throw to first base.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2026
Matthias watched her go until Methuselah tweaked his ear.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
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He raised funds on the Patreon platform and, after six years of testing, tweaking and retesting, launched Paralives in May.
From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2026
But if AI absorbs the most manual elements of pulling pacing reports and tweaking platform bids, for example, practitioners might be able to see and work beyond their silos.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
Smaller improvements — like adjusting the amount of oil used to fry chicken and tweaking other fryer settings — would go a long way across its more than 46,000 restaurants worldwide, executives said.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026
In the meantime, there’s a lot of unwieldy comic commotion involving a missing corpse, a tweaking, naked Dwight and enough insipid TV sibling bickering to clog the airwaves for a decade.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
In either case, with the slightest tweaking of the numbers the universe as we know and need it would not be here.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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