tweaking

Example Sentences

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Back then, TV “friction” meant tweaking the rabbit ears with tin foil or asking your uncle to hold the antenna until the fourth quarter was done.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

Separately, the White House said it was tweaking the terms of its tariffs on steel, aluminium and copper tariffs.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

In the long term, policies that make it easier to check the boxes of a middle-class existence, from buying a house to sending a kid to college, beat tweaking the tax code.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

The Wall Street Journal reporte External link d last week the administration is considering tweaking its aluminum and steel tariffs to reduce the impact on consumer goods.

From Barron's • Feb. 19, 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