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as in accordance
a state of consistency
your negative assessment of the restaurant seems to be in tune with the opinions of the critics
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as in to adapt
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Recent Examples of tune
Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 23 Apr. 2026
How does Alexa, who now is a singer herself, feel about that tune today?
—Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 22 Apr. 2026
David Ornstein, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2026
There is a recollection about how someone was brought in behind the young women’s back to tune the instruments, only to have to de-tune them back to what the ladies were used to when the subsequent tone sounded completely foreign to their ears.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 15 Mar. 2026
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Noun
But the budget request also recommends deep cuts to NASA’s science budget and the elimination of other programs, including STEM education — to the tune of nearly 50%.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 23 Apr. 2026
How does Alexa, who now is a singer herself, feel about that tune today?
—Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 22 Apr. 2026
Verb
Tuchel’s side have been drawn against Croatia, Ghana and Panama in Group L of this summer’s tournament, and will tune up for those games with two further friendlies against New Zealand and Costa Rica in Florida in June.
—David Ornstein, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2026
There is a recollection about how someone was brought in behind the young women’s back to tune the instruments, only to have to de-tune them back to what the ladies were used to when the subsequent tone sounded completely foreign to their ears.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 15 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tune
Noun
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The great pop records of all time have got great hooks in them, whether that be musical or a little melody thing that repeats.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
30 Apr. 2026
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Su’s compositions tend to meander and waver, more like the product of jam sessions than the grid on a computer screen, with melodies glitching, catching, and turning in unexpected directions.—
Andrew Ryce,
Pitchfork,
30 Apr. 2026
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His heart can beat rapidly or stop completely, and his chest can rise and fall in accordance with his heartbeat.—
Ciara McCarthy,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
24 Apr. 2026
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In accordance with the county’s noncooperation policy, the Fairfax County Sheriff’s Office, which oversees the county’s jail, did not honor a 2023 federal detention request to hold Jalloh in pretrial detention until ICE could assume custody.—
Mia Cathell,
The Washington Examiner,
19 Apr. 2026
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The expedition became the first spaceflight to send humans near the vicinity of the moon in more than 50 years, with the crew traveling farther from Earth than any humans before them while seeing unprecedented views of the moon.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2026
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Homes in the vicinity have been evacuated and members of the public are advised to avoid the area, the Police Service of Northern Ireland said on Sunday.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
26 Apr. 2026
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In Manatee County, where leaders had hoped to adapt their comprehensive plan to guard against the storms that have battered the coast year after year, the same Legislature has declared that strengthening it is unlawful.—
Haley Busch,
The Orlando Sentinel,
26 Apr. 2026
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Households with resources will find other ways to adapt — through private upgrades, newer homes, or alternative energy options.—
Ed Gaskin,
Boston Herald,
26 Apr. 2026
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Josh is a skeptic who gets itchy whenever actors burst into song; Melissa is a believer who longs for a romance so transcendent that it can be expressed only in an airy glissando, opted up an octave.—
Emily Nussbaum,
New Yorker,
30 Apr. 2026
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The album, which is comprised almost wholly of covers spanning yacht rock mainstays, also includes one original Urban song to round the package out.—
Chris Barilla,
PEOPLE,
29 Apr. 2026
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With a blend of atmospheric beatmaking, gauzy harmonies, and impressionistic songwriting, Quiet Light’s music casts a distinct spell, like stumbling upon Imogen Heap in a forest clearing or imagining a Taylor Swift album produced by Harold Budd.—
Harry Tafoya,
Pitchfork,
24 Apr. 2026
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Things really clicked when the two started putting their harmonies and guitar parts together for the first time.—
Selena Fragassi,
SPIN,
24 Apr. 2026
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Many of the pictures were captured on the Day of the Dead, at the annual feast of the cult of Nuestra Señora de la Santa Muerte (Our Lady of Holy Death), in the Tepito neighborhood of Mexico City.—
Chris Wiley,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2026
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Built in 1993 to accommodate more than 16,000 Israelis, the shelter found a new life during the Israel-Iran war as a public refuge for residents of Neve Shaanan, among Tel Aviv’s most diverse neighborhoods and one of its poorest, home mainly to asylum seekers and foreign workers.—
Theia Chatelle,
Sun Sentinel,
27 Apr. 2026
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More interesting than movies that are industrially silenced, though, are those made by original filmmakers working relatively freely and personally, who’ve smoothed out and glazed over their artistry of their own accord.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
30 Apr. 2026
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Working with Treasury In the past, Warsh has spoken about a Treasury/Fed accord regarding the size and composition of the balance sheet.—
Steve Liesman,
CNBC,
27 Apr. 2026
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“Tune.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tune. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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