fine-tune
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By carefully choosing the substrate and fine-tuning the growth conditions, they were able to control how the crystal structure formed.
From Science Daily
Not the way we would have put it, but the fine-tuning of the English language is one reason to watch these women.
It was definitely a process that required lots of fine-tuning and looking at David as not just the king and hero that Wickham had grown up reading about at home and in Southern California churches.
From Los Angeles Times
Because many enhancers are active only in specific cell types, targeting them could offer a way to fine-tune gene expression in astrocytes without changing neurons or other brain cells.
From Science Daily
After developing and fine-tuning its detection system for more than 15 years, the coalition hopes to begin licensing the tech to carmakers and suppliers within the next year.
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