tweak
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Indexes also tweak their lists of constituents on different schedules.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
If they detected any issues, 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
Co-owner Behdad Eghbali said Chelsea would "tweak" their model and add experience to what he still believes is a strong core of young players including Cole Palmer, Moises Caicedo and Levi Colwill.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
I suspect it will result in a tweak in my cocktail.
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
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The process began with tweaks to the casting of the dancers, evident in social media star Charli D’Amelio’s 2022 run, followed by Harry Jowsey in 2023 and Earle and Irwin this past season.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
Bubic said the Dodgers have already presented him with a couple mechanical tweaks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026
The theory suggests teams often enjoy a short-term improvement after appointing a new head coach, helped by renewed motivation, tactical tweaks and a psychological reset.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
Months later, the marshal released a report proposing tweaks to the court’s IT procedures but concluding that the office was unable to find the source of the leak.
From Slate ● Jul. 15, 2026
Then he tweaks my nose like he might a naughty child, and dismisses us.
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
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Finally, Starbucks and Delta tweaked the way you can earn SkyMiles for that caffeine fix.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
The new category came as part of a bevy of added or tweaked awards and nominating rules that will debut at next year’s ceremony on Feb. 7.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
Japan's parliament tweaked the imperial succession law on Friday but maintained the bar on women emperors -- despite surveys suggesting wide public support for the idea.
From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026
The Center for Research in Securities Prices tweaked its policies to allow for newly public companies to join its indexes after just five trading days.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 20, 2026
He lifted his hand up to the propane valve and tweaked the knob.
From "A Tangle of Knots" by Lisa Graff
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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
The Bureau of Economic Analysis is tweaking its measurement of the cost of investment management, software and legal services, and it will apply changes retroactively to the past five years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 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
Even more impressively, he has earned a reputation for doing so mid-tournament - tweaking his system game by game to land on formulas that win the World Cup or come very close to doing so.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
I always go as Esther, tweaking my outfit each year.
From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan
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