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fiddling

[fid-ling] / ˈfɪd lɪŋ /




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Neville is skeptical that businesses will be fiddling around with AI products to create their own cybersecurity.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 27, 2026

Ninety-nine times out of 100, that means letting shareholders decide with a minimum of bureaucratic fiddling.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 16, 2025

Mondelez says it has not been fiddling with the recipe, at least not recently.

From BBC • Dec. 12, 2025

Researchers quietly work away, fiddling with parts of the machine.

From Barron's • Dec. 10, 2025

"We're on our way to a party," I blurted, since Doreen had gone suddenly dumb as a post and was fiddling in a blasé way with her white lace pocketbook cover.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath




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