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Recent Examples of tweak
Noun
For the Golden Globes tweaks were made to the sequined dress. Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 6 Jan. 2025 Adjustments in the vineyard and modest tweaks in the cellar have rendered a new style of California bubbles. Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 28 Dec. 2024
Verb
Hyper also lets users adjust the haptic feedback and pressure sensitivity, tweak the click force, and create customizable sound modes. Sheena Vasani, The Verge, 5 Jan. 2025 Algorithm tweak coming soon to promote more informational/entertaining content. Dan Perry, Newsweek, 4 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for tweak 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tweak
Noun
  • The adjustments Serra touts were famously offered free for life in keeping with the founder’s marketing.
    Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Johns & Waters made the adjustment and cruised to a four game win (10),5,3,3.
    Todd Boss, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • With all the travel and wedding-related expenses, the guest is feeling financially pinched.
    Erin Clack, People.com, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Indeed, smaller players could still be pinched by high financing costs in 2025 as the outlook for interest rate cuts becomes less rosy.
    Darla Mercado, CFP®, CNBC, 7 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • By understanding where delays usually occurred, the AI agent recommended things like: adjusting timelines and redistributing tasks more effectively.
    Alex Circei, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
  • He’s cooled a bit now that NHL opponents have identified him as one of the Blue Jackets’ top weapons, and he’s being challenged to adjust.
    Aaron Portzline, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • RuPaul shares Drag Race video of herself slapping Tyra Sanchez after season 2 winner mocked The Vivienne's death RuPaul's Drag Race season 17 airs Fridays at 8 p.m. on MTV.
    EW.com, EW.com, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Former President Obama and President-elect Donald Trump, who have mocked each other for years going back to Trump‘s fanning of conspiracy theories about Obama’s citizenship, sat next to each other Thursday and talked for several minutes, even sharing a laugh.
    Bill Barrow and Chris Megerian, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Conservatives saw it as a correction to the liberal bias and indoctrination of much of higher education.
    Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Relating to and understanding his players, making judgements and corrections for true cause and effect, and successfully sublimating competitive drive to team development is an incredible thing.
    CJ Moore, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • As the omen begins to descend onto Karen’s house, the hairs of the mermaids’ arms stand up; their scales twitch in fear.
    Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 16 Dec. 2024
  • Not the American economy, which twitched from panic to triumph to panic and, in 1907, had to be bailed out with private funds from Morgan and his associates.
    Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • By Ben Guarino edited by Dean Visser Join Our Community of Science Lovers!
    Ben Guarino, Scientific American, 17 Jan. 2025
  • The summaries below were drafted with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists in our News division.
    Stories by Real-Time news team, with AI summarization, Miami Herald, 17 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • The chart-topping singer teased her appearance on the program last year, sharing moments from her time on the set with popular characters like Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch.
    Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Kyle Dion further teases his next feature-length project along with Journey Montana, who’s gearing up for the arrival of her debut album.
    Mya Abraham, VIBE.com, 10 Jan. 2025

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“Tweak.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tweak. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.

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