ATTUNED Synonyms: 52 Similar and Opposite Words

attuned

verb

Definition of attuned

past tense of attune

as in reconciled

to bring to a state free of conflicts, inconsistencies, or differences after years spent in academia, he's finding it difficult to attune himself to the corporate culture

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Recent Examples of attuned As a chef, López-Alt is attuned to the regional preferences in hot dog toppings. — Dianna Douglas, NPR, 28 June 2026 Getting into nature and being attuned to it are related, but still separate skills. — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 20 May 2026 For Monroe, though, the effort was always public and always suspect — the culture was attuned to see any book in her hand as a prop. — Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2026 The study adds to growing evidence that infants are biologically attuned to human social cues. — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 1 June 2026 After the book’s publication, as the all-points media campaign has gathered momentum, the narrative has attuned itself even more to money, and the lack of it. — Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 23 May 2026 Although not all can understand exactly what Montero and De Jesus are going through, the relationships baseball fosters mean the whole sport is attuned to the situation. — Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 27 June 2026 If managers uncritically accept that everything is fair, they may not be attuned to the ways their own views of white women workers, of workers of color, or other disadvantaged groups could be shaped by structural and interpersonal factors. — Adia Harvey Wingfield, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026 When communities invest in mental-health services that are flexible, family-centered and culturally attuned, the benefits extend far beyond individual outcomes. — Maria Bledsoe, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 May 2026

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reconciled

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Granted, there are some people who are so disturbed, their views cannot be reconciled into a healing solution.

— Ginny Whitelaw, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Though Aven never publicly addressed Kylee's allegations, the pair later reconciled.

— Deirdre Durkan, PEOPLE, 25 June 2026

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