tweaking

Example Sentences

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Tweaking the flight paths of a handful of aircraft could reduce contrail warming by more than half by 2040, at a cost of less than £4 per flight.

From BBC • Nov. 12, 2024

Tweaking growth hormones through breeding or genetic engineering can create shorter corn plants by reducing the length of stalk segments between leaves.

From Science Magazine • Oct. 25, 2023

"Tweaking the yield cap alone may not do much harm to the economy, as long as short-term rates are kept low," one of the sources said.

From Reuters • Jun. 8, 2023

Tweaking of the roster followed, and no doubt will continue apace as general manager Ron Francis and coach Dave Hakstol try to shape the sort of tenacious team they have extolled.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 8, 2021

“Yes. I’m still working on the Spanish-language formulation. Tweaking the protein mix.”

From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein