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Recent Examples of attunement
The essence of numinous Pisces heightens our sensitivity, imagination and spiritual attunement, while the North Node represents our growth and karmic direction, making this a moment where trusting your inner compass matters more than external validation.
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Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 27 Jan. 2026
In the years following Wallace’s death, this aura of saintliness likely derived from the combination of his moral seriousness as a fiction writer—his attunement to the heroism of private suffering and emotional endurance—and the fact of his premature end.
—Hermione Hoby, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
The goal of healthy communication is emotional attunement.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
Chen described today’s relationships as more emotionally intensive than in the past, with higher expectations for presence, vulnerability and attunement.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2025
The intention of the survey, Hoffman says, is to pair people with those of similar emotional intelligence and spiritual attunement.
—Charles Trepany, USA Today, 27 Oct. 2025
Researchers suggest that this might be linked to their acute circadian attunement to their environment.
—Rowan Jacobsen, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Opening the body and awakening the senses via movement and self-care is another form of cleansing that’s imperative for chakra healing and attunement.
—Lisa Stardust, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2025
Here, the messenger planet sharpens our focus and general attunement, urging us to choose our words and actions carefully.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 27 Jan. 2026
In the years following Wallace’s death, this aura of saintliness likely derived from the combination of his moral seriousness as a fiction writer—his attunement to the heroism of private suffering and emotional endurance—and the fact of his premature end.
—Hermione Hoby, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
The goal of healthy communication is emotional attunement.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
Chen described today’s relationships as more emotionally intensive than in the past, with higher expectations for presence, vulnerability and attunement.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2025
The intention of the survey, Hoffman says, is to pair people with those of similar emotional intelligence and spiritual attunement.
—Charles Trepany, USA Today, 27 Oct. 2025
Researchers suggest that this might be linked to their acute circadian attunement to their environment.
—Rowan Jacobsen, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Opening the body and awakening the senses via movement and self-care is another form of cleansing that’s imperative for chakra healing and attunement.
—Lisa Stardust, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2025
Here, the messenger planet sharpens our focus and general attunement, urging us to choose our words and actions carefully.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for attunement
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The effort involves things like fast-track permitting for cross-border military deployments and a harmonization of governmental authorizations that currently hamper fast movement.—
Ilan Berman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Dec. 2025
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Progress on issues such as requirements for technology transfers and sharing and the harmonization of regulatory standards should be areas of particular focus.—
JENNIFER KAVANAGH,
Foreign Affairs,
30 Sep. 2025
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These problems need legislative correction, not competing ballot measures that will hinge on misleading campaign propaganda and further distort California’s flawed initiative system.—
Dan Walters,
Mercury News,
11 Feb. 2026
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Under the bill, the department of correction will provide training to all sheriffs-elect on how to cooperate with the United States immigration and Customs Enforcement.—
Alexandra Kukulka,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Feb. 2026
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The week after the trade deadline is full of fresh faces and readjustment as players get settled in with their new teams around the league.—
Colleen Kane,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Feb. 2026
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With Frenkie de Jong sent off in the 91st minute, Flick needed to make a tactical readjustment.—
Laia Cervelló Herrero,
New York Times,
15 Jan. 2026
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Throughout the 20th century, the tiara underwent a key technical modification.—
Marta Martínez Tato,
Vanity Fair,
13 Feb. 2026
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Additional improvements will be new paths along Randall Road, storm sewer installation, traffic signal modifications, intersection lighting, roadway resurfacing and landscape restoration.—
Mike Danahey,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Feb. 2026
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Mark your calendar On Thursday, Malia scored another exclusive, reporting on LACMA’s announcement that the David Geffen Galleries, the pinnacle of a two-decade campus transformation, will officially open April 19.—
Jessica Gelt,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Feb. 2026
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While scientists have long observed this liquid-to-solid transformation, the exact molecular link that converts these fluid droplets into a high-performance final structure has remained a mystery until now.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Feb. 2026
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The design of the mikvah was approved with another long list of conditions including things like alterations on the type of window glass, exterior lighting, facade materials and landscaping.—
Lauren Costantino
February 11,
Miami Herald,
11 Feb. 2026
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The Usher’s Office located the shop’s owner, who opened his shop that evening and made alterations on a morning suit using Dad’s measurements.—
John Wrory Ficklin,
Time,
11 Feb. 2026
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The revision comes from analyzing how radio signals sent by Juno bend and distort as the spacecraft passes behind Jupiter from Earth’s point of view.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Feb. 2026
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The case prompted Davis to order revisions to the department’s policies on cooperation with ICE.—
Austin Sanders,
Austin American Statesman,
5 Feb. 2026
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By the way, for context, the adjustments amount to a sliver (tenths of a percentage point) of overall employment.—
Alicia Wallace,
CNN Money,
11 Feb. 2026
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While the researchers accounted for factors beyond diet that could have affected people’s heart health and skewed the results, such as physical activity, smoking status, family history and body mass index, that adjustment is imperfect, the researchers said.—
Barbara Mantel,
NBC news,
11 Feb. 2026
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“Attunement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/attunement. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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