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fine-tune

[fahyn-toon, -tyoon] / ˈfaɪnˈtun, -ˈtjun /
VERB
make small adjustments
Synonyms


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But the minimal Bowl rehearsal time allows little opportunity to fine-tune.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 16, 2026

"GLM-5.2 is free to download, fine-tune, and run on an enterprise's own servers, putting pricing pressure on frontier labs at the same time that access looks shaky," AI analyst Andrew Curran noted.

From Barron's Jul. 9, 2026

Either way, the move by Amazon comes as retailers, travel apps and restaurants continue to fine-tune their AI shopping assistants — or go back to the drawing board altogether.

From MarketWatch May 13, 2026

Then and now, Addicks helps young sorority hopefuls fine-tune their networking skills, clean up their social media, learn how to chat with strangers and perfect their style.

From The Wall Street Journal May 8, 2026

Maybe I need to go fine-tune my theory.

From "Winger" by Andrew Smith

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

Thursday’s economic data will likely get revised a couple times as the U.S. government fine-tunes the numbers.

From Seattle Times Apr. 26, 2024

OpenAI fine-tunes its models based on user interactions with its chatbots.

From Scientific American Oct. 19, 2023

And no matter the recipe, Mr. Kreuther fine-tunes the necessary details, even down to explaining the best way to line a terrine with plastic wrap.

From New York Times Nov. 8, 2021

"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 Nadin, Mihai

And through his new scientific network, he met a professor at the University of Queensland able to administer the fine-tuned treatment.

From Barron's Mar. 30, 2026

He is known to invest over $1.5 million annually for a comprehensive approach to keeping his body fine-tuned.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 14, 2026

The team then fine-tuned the resonant strength of the meta-atoms to independently adjust the group delay for each spin.

From Science Daily Feb. 5, 2026

Practices focus more on brain than brawn, emphasizing the strategy, reads and fine-tuned execution that might decide close games.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 9, 2025

Ray’s instincts are fine-tuned, because as soon as Byrd gives the okay, he tears toward the woods.

From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers

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

The model can be customized through Thinking Machines’ first product, Tinker, a cloud-based fine-tuning tool for AI developers and researchers released last year.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

The execution could do with a little fine-tuning.

From MarketWatch May 28, 2026

Nearly two and a half years of fine-tuning passed between publication of a draft rule and the final product.

From Salon May 10, 2026

“A little fine-tuning to make her sing,” he says over the engine.

From "Thirteen Reasons Why" by Jay Asher




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