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tinkering

NOUN

mending

Synonyms

STRONG

adjustment alteration ameliorating bettering correcting curing enhancing fixing freshening helping rebuilding rectifying refreshing relieving remedying remodeling renewing renovating renovation repair repairing restoration reviving

WEAK

patching up

Antonyms

STRONG

neglect

Example Sentences

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Bringing chatbots to the drive-through has been an early step in restaurants tinkering with artificial intelligence, and it has had mixed results for customers and brands.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

After tinkering more, he landed on a story he liked.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Spalding has all the attributes of a future entrepreneur and loves tinkering with cars.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

They went to bed and I started tinkering around on it and then a bit more, bit more and then that developed into: 'Let's get a piano.'

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026

Parents who spent their days designing, building, fixing, and operating machines of transportation signed their sons up and gave free rein to their own tinkering instincts.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly

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