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tweak

[tweek] / twik /
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adjust
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He also said we could apply as a microschool next year and even suggested a tweak to the language in our tuition policy should we decide to do that.

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026

Say there’s an amendment to the city’s General Plan, which guides land use decisions, or a tweak to one of the neighborhood community plans that oversee development in areas like Hollywood or Boyle Heights.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

"He just had to tweak his code to follow the uneven and changing thickness along the length of the scroll."

From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026

"There is a constant discussion and I think that they are on it and understand that we can tweak it a little bit here or there."

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

“You just said it was only one tweak right now,” Ben-Ben says, smiling.

From "A High Five for Glenn Burke" by Phil Bildner

Such direct relationships, he stressed, are the core asset of modern journalism, even as tech platforms continually insert themselves between news outlets and their readers and viewers through algorithm tweaks.

From Salon ● Sep. 22, 2026

But the look and tone of “60 Minutes” remained intact, with only a few minor tweaks to the graphics.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026

This year's vaccine has had a few tweaks, including one to better match subclade K.

From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026

What tweaks can you make to your spending that will free up $77 a week?

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026

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

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman

Over time, the council tweaked Porchfest to ease pressure on Princeton’s immediate downtown area and redirect attendees to other neighborhoods and local businesses.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026

Cardoso said he obsessively tweaked dishes daily, aiming to find finishing touches that could separate Skywalker Grill as a museum restaurant and allow it to stand as a destination of its own.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

The company builds some Volkswagen-branded vehicles at a small factory in Tennessee, but has been criticized for selling tweaked versions of European products designed in Germany—seemingly never with enough cupholders for American families.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

When working on music, do you ever hear a song the first time through and go, “This needs to be tweaked a little bit. It’s not NCT 127 enough?”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026

She reached down and tweaked Alexander on the cheek.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood

Smaller improvements — like adjusting the amount of oil used to fry chicken and tweaking other fryer settings — would go a long way across its more than 46,000 restaurants worldwide, executives said.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026

Some experts mentioned other technological solutions to help with public health: namely, the tweaking of algorithms to make it so the most inflammatory accounts aren’t always rewarded.

From Slate ● Aug. 26, 2026

Like rats in a Skinner box being conditioned to get food or stop pain, AI models hill-climb in a process similar to reinforcement learning, tweaking their parameters based on feedback.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

As a new season draws near, football-hungry fans around the country will be tweaking their fantasy teams, making themselves experts on rumoured transfer targets and keeping eyes keenly trained on new kit releases.

From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026

“You sound jealous,” Dovid said, tweaking his own mustache.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros




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