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tweak

[tweek] / twik /
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adjust
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Businesses can tweak it to operate it entirely on their own devices and create AI assistants that manage schedules, draft messages and organize files.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

If they detected any issues, they’d tweak the machines after the fact.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

If they detected any aberrations, they’d tweak the machines after the fact.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

I weighed what Nolan chose to protect, tweak and abandon in his own version and concluded that he wanted to make an action-tragedy about societal decline.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 4, 2026

“Listen,” she said, “if I am very afraid when you find me, don’t forget to tweak my ears. Call my name and tell me how to get home.”

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston

Aviation Minister Keir Mather said the project would test "small tweaks to flight paths over the Atlantic" which could help make flying cleaner.

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

Now those players are back, and it’s all about making smaller tweaks along a solid line.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

Coupled with what Sasaki described as some mechanical tweaks to his lower half made over the All-Star break, it has left the Dodgers wondering if they’ve found an answer.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 29, 2026

At Chelsea, one of Maresca's more unique tweaks involved playing Moises Caicedo at right-back.

From BBC Jul. 25, 2026

Then he tweaks my nose like he might a naughty child, and dismisses us.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman

Some have tweaked their portfolios, shifting from overweight positions in large-cap tech stocks to a more neutral stance.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 23, 2026

But this was a part of the game Guardiola tweaked often last season, struggling to land on something he was completely happy with.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

Closed AI models, such as those developed by rivals Anthropic and OpenAI, keep their code private and cannot be tweaked.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

When concerns about jet-fuel supplies hit markets in the spring, U.S. and European refineries tweaked their yields to produce more of the fuel, which helped put those worries to rest.

From MarketWatch Jul. 18, 2026

Matthias watched her go until Methuselah tweaked his ear.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

Tech writer Alex Heath, who uses A.I. in a back-and-forth process with his own tweaking, explained recently that Pangram judged his text to be 100 percent human.

From Slate Aug. 18, 2026

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

Some doctors are testing new approaches, seeing if tweaking the way NHS works can deliver better health.

From BBC Jul. 12, 2026

Here, Madonna is liberated from Universal’s script notes or editing maneuvers, free from tweaking anyone’s performance to feel more like the real thing.

From Salon Jul. 8, 2026

Miss Lilian’s hands strayed from her pearls to her hair and then to her dress, smoothing, twitching, tweaking, never still.

From "The Old Willis Place" by Mary Downing Hahn




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