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fine-tune

[fahyn-toon, -tyoon] / ˈfaɪnˈtun, -ˈtjun /
VERB
make small adjustments
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They can also make synapses more or less responsive, helping fine-tune communication within brain circuits.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 1, 2026

"I'm gonna take the time to recalibrate, fine-tune things & whatnot. So fear not, I'll be back, & in the meantime I'll be rooting for my teammates near & far."

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

Zoox Chief Executive Aicha Evans says making its own vehicles allowed the company to more quickly fine-tune the design in response to rider feedback.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026

Now you just need to fine-tune your plans so the money works exactly as you want.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026

We conducted focus groups to test-market our branding for the project, enlisting the pro bono help of PR professionals to fine-tune the message.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

The agency fine-tunes its employment estimates every year.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026

Alibaba’s Qwen family alone accounts for 69% of new fine-tunes, while Meta’s Llama has collapsed from 44% to 11%.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

Using placebo pain relief, they discovered a map-like system that fine-tunes pain control for specific regions, such as the face, arms, or legs.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2025

“I just feel like this woman has a little bit of mystery and strength,” Althouse says, as Soria fine-tunes the woman’s leg.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2025

"Tell me what you buy and I'll tell you who you are"-mug shots of all of us are taken continuously, by extremely inventive digital devices, while the market fine-tunes us.

From The Civilization of Illiteracy by Mihai Nadin

These AI versions can be fine-tuned by clients for specific needs on in-house infrastructure, and used at a fraction of the cost.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

"This shows we can have incredibly fine-tuned control of sound, which might mean that devices that use sound as a fundamental technology can get much better," he said.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

Ukraine began its drone campaign against Russian refineries and energy infrastructure about a year ago, but it has since fine-tuned the attacks, which are now more damaging, Columbia’s Mitrova said.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026

Rather than spending billions on a massive general-purpose foundation model from scratch, the company fine-tuned an open source base model in-house.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

She’d spent the entire last week trying to climb the wall while the rest of the team fine-tuned the proposal.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti

With only minimal fine-tuning, the optical processor achieved 94.80% accuracy and 97.61% sensitivity on previously unseen VEO-3 videos during experiments.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026

The company said it is taking a multipronged approach to keep up its growth, focusing on new products and its international business while fine-tuning its commercialization strategy in the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

Instead of rushing out an album after the pandemic, Anthrax took their time writing and fine-tuning new songs before entering Dave Grohl’s Studio 606 in L.A. in 2022.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

Part of Anderson’s main focus in the months ahead would be fine-tuning the chain’s current discount offerings, Kempczinski said.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026

If the Web was devastatingly efficient at displaying maps on a screen, it needed some fine-tuning when it came to capturing the scale and feel of a place.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz


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