attuned; attuning; attunes
1
: to bring into harmony : tune
2
: to make aware or responsive
attune businesses to changing trends
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after years spent in academia, he's finding it difficult to attune himself to the corporate culture
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The deeper emotional connection that underpins physical intimacy can fade when partners are not emotionally attuned.
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Mark Travers, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2025
That was 10 years after the state’s fire codes went into effect, so contractors are attuned to working with fire-resistant materials.
—Bob Woods, CNBC, 26 Jan. 2025
Following the 2021 Dixie Fire, which destroyed the town of Greenville, California, leveling nearly 700 houses, Jones’s firm stepped in with rebuilding solutions attuned to local factors.
—Richard Olsen, Forbes, 26 Jan. 2025
Fellah, a curator at the Cleveland Museum of Art, is attuned to the shifting histories and realities of the frontier.
—Miguel Salazar, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2025
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Mark Travers, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2025
That was 10 years after the state’s fire codes went into effect, so contractors are attuned to working with fire-resistant materials.
—Bob Woods, CNBC, 26 Jan. 2025
Following the 2021 Dixie Fire, which destroyed the town of Greenville, California, leveling nearly 700 houses, Jones’s firm stepped in with rebuilding solutions attuned to local factors.
—Richard Olsen, Forbes, 26 Jan. 2025
Fellah, a curator at the Cleveland Museum of Art, is attuned to the shifting histories and realities of the frontier.
—Miguel Salazar, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2025
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“Attune.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/attune. Accessed 20 Feb. 2025.
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