fine-tuned

verb

Definition of fine-tunednext
past tense of fine-tune
as in adjusted
to make small changes to (something) in order to improve the way it works or to make it exactly right fine-tune a TV set fine-tune the temperature of the room They're fine-tuning interest rates to achieve economic growth without inflation.

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Recent Examples of fine-tuned In the last few decades, this old mill town has fine-tuned its offerings as a premier destination for outdoor recreation, craft beer, and live entertainment. — Sierra Vandervort, Travel + Leisure, 20 June 2026 Enhanced drone production also meant that Ukrainian drones were fine-tuned and improved, where they were used to conduct strikes against Russian targets. — Mark Temnycky, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026 The company fine-tuned an official bottled version of the popular beverage that doesn’t require tea bags or a 20-minute wait and introduced it last summer. — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 18 May 2026 Later, the Act was expanded and fine-tuned with the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the Fair Housing Act of 1968. — Leslie Hoyle Guerra, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2026 Even the Oracle of Omaha and longtime Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett has fine-tuned his own hiring philosophy. — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 7 Jan. 2026 Moreover, the growth of CNTs around the fabric is uniform, and morphology can be fine-tuned using reaction parameters such as temperature, gas composition, and how the catalyst is distributed. — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 1 Jan. 2026 Its nucleus is also far bigger than other notable comets, while its arrival time was fine-tuned to bring it within tens of millions of kilometers from Mars, Venus and Jupiter and be unobservable from Earth at perihelion, along with other unexpected properties. — Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025 Toastique was started in 2018 by former Division I cheerleader Brianna Keefe, who had fine-tuned her own avocado toast while at James Madison University. — Linda Zavoral, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fine-tuned
  1. adjusted
  2. regulated
  3. put
  4. matched
  5. adapted
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  • Bonnell appears to be treating software as another part of the motorcycle's suspension system and something that can be adjusted to suit the rider’s preferences, skill, and terrain.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 2 Sep. 2026
  • The Colorado River also rose briefly just upstream from where Bright Angel Creek empties into the river, in response to the sudden influx of water, according to the river gauge on the geologic survey, but quickly adjusted.
    — Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of adjusted
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  • They’re regulated on the federal level by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, or CFTC.
    — Marshall Cohen, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026
  • They’re not trained, they’re not regulated, there’s no oversight.
    — Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of regulated
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  • Costco is an awkward exhibit for putting shareholder-value maximization in the driver’s seat.
    — Steve Denning, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Espada is paid to put it in favorable positions, even when few seem to exist.
    — Chandler Rome, New York Times, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of put
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  • This is matched with bright red branding which is seen on the lateral and medial Swoosh and Ja-frame components.
    — Riley Jones, Footwear News, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Her donation was matched by her East Tennessee businesses, including Dollywood Parks & Resorts, Dolly Parton’s Stampede, Pirates Voyage Dinner & Show and the Dollywood Foundation.
    — Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of matched
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  • Basically, this small insect appeared to preserve a transitional stage as its lineage gradually adapted from aquatic life to living on land.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 30 Aug. 2026
  • The suffix has since been adapted in multiple health and wellbeing spaces.
    — Jennifer Donnelly, Scientific American, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of adapted

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“Fine-tuned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fine-tuned. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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