attuned; attuning; attunes
1
: to bring into harmony : tune
2
: to make aware or responsive
attune businesses to changing trends
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after years spent in academia, he's finding it difficult to attune himself to the corporate culture
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Filmmakers from around the world, but especially from South American countries, seem particularly attuned to this fact lately.
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Alissa Wilkinson, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025
Dunlop’s Executive Terminal demo showed how many of these same advanced technologies could be directed along another path, that of a strictly hierarchical organization, highly attuned to rank and defined roles and specialties.
—IEEE Spectrum, 12 Dec. 2024
The 46-year-old is fluent in the online world of conservative politics and attuned to cultural issues that catch on with the MAGA faithful.
—Michelle L. Price, Los Angeles Times, 25 Nov. 2024
The Case For Emotional Intelligence At its core, emotional intelligence is the ability to recognize, understand and manage your own emotions while also being attuned to the emotions of others.
—Leisse Wilcox, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
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Alissa Wilkinson, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025
Dunlop’s Executive Terminal demo showed how many of these same advanced technologies could be directed along another path, that of a strictly hierarchical organization, highly attuned to rank and defined roles and specialties.
—IEEE Spectrum, 12 Dec. 2024
The 46-year-old is fluent in the online world of conservative politics and attuned to cultural issues that catch on with the MAGA faithful.
—Michelle L. Price, Los Angeles Times, 25 Nov. 2024
The Case For Emotional Intelligence At its core, emotional intelligence is the ability to recognize, understand and manage your own emotions while also being attuned to the emotions of others.
—Leisse Wilcox, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
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“Attune.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/attune. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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