ATTUNED Synonyms: 52 Similar and Opposite Words

attuned

verb

Definition of attuned

past tense of attune

as in reconciled

to bring to a state free of conflicts, inconsistencies, or differences after years spent in academia, he's finding it difficult to attune himself to the corporate culture

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Recent Examples of attuned Readers of the report may not be carefully attuned to the legal arguments used to justify anti-BDS legislation, but PEN America obviously is and so are the donors who support this work. — Literary Hub, 17 July 2026 Since Trolly Stop is located a block from the ocean, the restaurant is attuned to keeping the beach a clean place. — Katie Riley, Southern Living, 17 July 2026 These are people who are hypervigilant, attuned to the smallest shift in a room, able to sense when someone is not quite telling them the truth. — Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 15 July 2026 As a chef, López-Alt is attuned to the regional preferences in hot dog toppings. — Dianna Douglas, NPR, 28 June 2026 Although not all can understand exactly what Montero and De Jesus are going through, the relationships baseball fosters mean the whole sport is attuned to the situation. — Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 27 June 2026 The study adds to growing evidence that infants are biologically attuned to human social cues. — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 1 June 2026 If managers uncritically accept that everything is fair, they may not be attuned to the ways their own views of white women workers, of workers of color, or other disadvantaged groups could be shaped by structural and interpersonal factors. — Adia Harvey Wingfield, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026 For Monroe, though, the effort was always public and always suspect — the culture was attuned to see any book in her hand as a prop. — Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2026

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reconciled

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If sales tax obligations are not reconciled properly, the business can run into significant compliance issues that are costly to clean up later.

— Nicholas Pasquarosa, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
Rodgers reconciled with his family after years of estrangement.

— Leigh Blickley, Entertainment Weekly, 27 July 2026

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