1
: a general adjustment to ensure operation at peak efficiency
an engine tune-up
2
: a preliminary trial : warm-up
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Join me in confirming 2025 as the year of the tune-up.
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Allbusiness, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
For marathoners needing a muscle tune-up, Remedy Place also offers acupuncture and chiropractic movement sessions.
Services: Contrast therapy, IV drips, hyperbaric chambers and more.
—James Manso, WWD, 29 Oct. 2024
Perhaps that was exactly the tune-up the Ponies needed to gallop deep into the playoffs.
—Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 25 Oct. 2024
This isn’t the first time that the Apollo Belvedere has needed a tune-up.
—Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Oct. 2024
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Allbusiness, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
For marathoners needing a muscle tune-up, Remedy Place also offers acupuncture and chiropractic movement sessions.
Services: Contrast therapy, IV drips, hyperbaric chambers and more.
—James Manso, WWD, 29 Oct. 2024
Perhaps that was exactly the tune-up the Ponies needed to gallop deep into the playoffs.
—Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 25 Oct. 2024
This isn’t the first time that the Apollo Belvedere has needed a tune-up.
—Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Oct. 2024
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“Tune-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tune-up. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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