tinkering
Example Sentences
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Already, McDaniel has done some tinkering and fine-tuning, tweaking Herbert’s footwork out of the shotgun formation to allow him to get the ball out of his hands a fraction of a second earlier.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
Post-doctoral researcher Dr Hugh O'Connor began tinkering with the design of flow batteries when he needed one for his PhD - and realised it would cost £2,000-£3,000.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
Far from being a flawless machine, the body reads more like a patchwork of compromises shaped by millions of years of evolutionary tinkering.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 11, 2026
While we spend a great deal of time in the U.S. talking about fixing what’s wrong with healthcare, we often end up just tinkering around the edges rather than fundamentally changing things.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 27, 2026
Way back at the beginning of her whatnot experiments, she loved tinkering in the lab.
From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
