: aware of and attentive or responsive to something
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… designed to produce a … police department that is more attuned to the needs of individual communities …—
Clifford Krauss
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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But experts who study market history are carefully attuned to boom and bust cycles and the inevitable volatility in nearly any market.
—John Werner, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Understanding how people's bodies react to baby cries could one day help identify caregivers most attuned to infant needs, or even assist new parents in better interpreting what their child is trying to communicate.
—Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
The global energy transition is forging ahead, fracturing old trade alliances and generating new forms of geopolitical leverage that all companies need to be more attuned to, JPMorgan believes.
—Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Poland has became highly attuned to its air security after an unprecedented incursion of about 20 Russian drones earlier this week.
—Bloomberg News, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
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John Werner, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Understanding how people's bodies react to baby cries could one day help identify caregivers most attuned to infant needs, or even assist new parents in better interpreting what their child is trying to communicate.
—Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
The global energy transition is forging ahead, fracturing old trade alliances and generating new forms of geopolitical leverage that all companies need to be more attuned to, JPMorgan believes.
—Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Poland has became highly attuned to its air security after an unprecedented incursion of about 20 Russian drones earlier this week.
—Bloomberg News, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
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“Attuned.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/attuned. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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