: aware of and attentive or responsive to something
—used with to
… designed to produce a … police department that is more attuned to the needs of individual communities …—
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Clifford Krauss… what's especially crucial is the mother's or caregiver's "sensitivity"—how attuned she is to her child's experience of the world.—Pamela Druckerman
Pamela Druckerman… disenchanted with a government that seems more attuned to the interests of big business and rural folk than to those of urban dwellers.—Edwin O. Reischauer
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Stay sharp by keeping your skills current and staying attuned to the changes in your industry.
—Kara Dennison, Forbes.com, 22 July 2025
The performers are all adequately attuned to the kind of B-movie fun they’re meant to be having, but the film around them rarely lives up, providing neither the comedy of double-life misunderstandings, nor the visceral thrill of gun play in close quarters.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 18 July 2025
Yet the city is equally attuned to the present, with a new generation of design-forward hotels that lean more to this century and the next.
—Madeline Weinfield, Architectural Digest, 18 July 2025
Astrologically, this conflict is very attuned to Uranus in Gemini.
—Lisa Stardust, refinery29.com, 4 July 2025
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Kara Dennison, Forbes.com, 22 July 2025
The performers are all adequately attuned to the kind of B-movie fun they’re meant to be having, but the film around them rarely lives up, providing neither the comedy of double-life misunderstandings, nor the visceral thrill of gun play in close quarters.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 18 July 2025
Yet the city is equally attuned to the present, with a new generation of design-forward hotels that lean more to this century and the next.
—Madeline Weinfield, Architectural Digest, 18 July 2025
Astrologically, this conflict is very attuned to Uranus in Gemini.
—Lisa Stardust, refinery29.com, 4 July 2025
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“Attuned.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/attuned. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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