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  • present participle of tweak.
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tweaking

[twee-king] / ˈtwi kɪŋ /
VERB
adjust
Synonyms


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U.S. airlines and their global peers coped by tweaking capacity, generally cutting down on less popular and profitable flights, and charging more for checked bags and other fees.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 30, 2026

It also plans to propose policy changes such as tweaking unemployment benefits to let displaced workers continue to get them while they, for instance, start new businesses with AI.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 25, 2026

Elsewhere, the recent single American Girls gained a long, trippy intro, with Styles messing around on an old analogue keyboard, tweaking low pass filters and playing squiggly synth noises.

From BBC • Jun. 13, 2026

At the same time, the motion picture academy was tweaking its rules for determining the shortlist for the international feature award, opening voting to more members.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

Most of us lived in a state of constant calibration, tweaking one area of life in hopes of bringing more steadiness to another.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama



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