fine-tunes

verb

present tense third-person singular of fine-tune
as in adjusts
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-tunes It fine-tunes how your iPhone works, sounds and protects your information. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 7 Nov. 2025 Each new Songmont model undergoes wear testing; the brand fine-tunes and iterates its prototypes based on customer feedback. — Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2025 Victor fine-tunes his research, and eventually succeeds in bringing to life a patchwork man of superhuman strength, put together with body parts plucked from corpses left behind on a battlefield. — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 30 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fine-tunes
  1. adjusts
  2. regulates
  3. puts
  4. adapts
  5. matches
Verb
  • The menus include a Light Brightness setting, which adjusts image brightness (and laser power) in 10 steps.
    — M. David Stone, PC Magazine, 24 Oct. 2026
  • The Find + Follow Air Purifier senses areas of high air pollutants in the home – such as where residents are cooking, smoking or burning candles – and adjusts its position to clean this air.
    — Tracy Achonwa, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of adjusts
Verb
  • Doctors point to how the body regulates its own temperature at night, and how a cozy pair of socks can nudge that process along.
    — Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Every few years, the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile, which regulates the sport, makes the teams redesign their cars.
    — Sam Knight, New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of regulates
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  • The latest Channel 12 opinion poll puts Eisenkot first with 23 seats, ahead of the Likud with 21, though other pollsters differ.
    — Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2026
  • View gallery - 7 images This tiny house takes the look of a traditional mountain lodge and puts it on wheels.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of puts
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  • The four-stage system blocks out background noise in real time and adapts to your surroundings, giving you optimal output every single time.
    — George Yang, PC Magazine, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Each episode adapts a different tale from author Sawamura Ichi’s collection of short horror stories.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of adapts
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  • Simply put, to stay economically competitive, America needs computing power that matches or beats its adversaries’.
    — Neil Chatterjee, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Check the manufacturer's official website to confirm that the model exists and matches the advertised specifications.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of matches

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“Fine-tunes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fine-tunes. Accessed 30 Oct. 2026.

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