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as in twitching
to grasp and move with a small forceful motion
Hey, you tweaked my nose!
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as in adjusting
to make small adjustments to
You can tweak the settings to customize the display. He spent considerable time tweaking the recipe.
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as in mocking
to make (someone or something) the object of criticism, amusement, or laughter
They're always tweaking me about my northern accent.
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Recent Examples of tweaking
But tweaking commercials may help to tamp down the problem.
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Brian Steinberg, Variety, 11 May 2026
The variety in feel across NeeDoh products — from the Nice Cube to the Gumdrop to the Gummy Bear to the Snow Ball to the Dohjees — comes from the company tweaking those internal materials.
—Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 6 May 2026
Over the next 25 years, the synth-heavy quartet grew into an institution of Canadian rock by steadily tweaking its sleek dance-rock sound.
—Ethan Beck, Pitchfork, 4 May 2026
The team used sophisticated MESA stellar evolution models, tweaking that mysterious efficiency parameter to see what happened.
—Paul Sutter, Space.com, 3 May 2026
In 1977, the restaurant was split between brothers, with Serio’s father staying in Bridgeview and tweaking the name to Joe’s Italian Villa, while his aunt and uncle opened their own place, Serio’s Italian Villa, in Tinley Park.
—Donna Vickroy, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2026
Knowing exactly where hydrogen is coming from inside cattle could help develop new ways of tamping down their methane-heavy burps, Xiong says, including by tweaking how the hydrogenobody itself works.
—Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 30 Apr. 2026
With Stanton tweaking his calf on Friday and not playing on Saturday and Sunday in Houston, word of Domínguez’s call-up broke Sunday night.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 27 Apr. 2026
Traditional fixes—like tweaking the system’s parameters—don’t work because the dark modes remain fundamentally disconnected.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 26 Apr. 2026
Brian Steinberg, Variety, 11 May 2026
The variety in feel across NeeDoh products — from the Nice Cube to the Gumdrop to the Gummy Bear to the Snow Ball to the Dohjees — comes from the company tweaking those internal materials.
—Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 6 May 2026
Over the next 25 years, the synth-heavy quartet grew into an institution of Canadian rock by steadily tweaking its sleek dance-rock sound.
—Ethan Beck, Pitchfork, 4 May 2026
The team used sophisticated MESA stellar evolution models, tweaking that mysterious efficiency parameter to see what happened.
—Paul Sutter, Space.com, 3 May 2026
In 1977, the restaurant was split between brothers, with Serio’s father staying in Bridgeview and tweaking the name to Joe’s Italian Villa, while his aunt and uncle opened their own place, Serio’s Italian Villa, in Tinley Park.
—Donna Vickroy, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2026
Knowing exactly where hydrogen is coming from inside cattle could help develop new ways of tamping down their methane-heavy burps, Xiong says, including by tweaking how the hydrogenobody itself works.
—Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 30 Apr. 2026
With Stanton tweaking his calf on Friday and not playing on Saturday and Sunday in Houston, word of Domínguez’s call-up broke Sunday night.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 27 Apr. 2026
Traditional fixes—like tweaking the system’s parameters—don’t work because the dark modes remain fundamentally disconnected.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 26 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tweaking
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Here, American fighter planes, cargo ships and Japanese freighters have spent decades transforming into thriving artificial reefs, draped in coral and surrounded by twitching clouds of tropical fish.—
Dea Jusufi,
Forbes.com,
9 May 2026
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Curry’s body began convulsing and twitching with increasing severity, consistent with him sustaining a traumatic brain injury from being punched in the face, documents state.—
Deborah Laverty,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Mar. 2026
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Google has been able to grow its search advertising revenue while adjusting the product into more of a chatbot experience, in a bid to compete with OpenAI and Anthropic PBC.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
19 May 2026
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Hunting EVs metals To address the issue, the team designed an adaptive extraction plant capable of adjusting process parameters and chemical additives based on the composition of local thermal waters.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
19 May 2026
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Vargas reached out to Charles via a TikTok DM to request a donation, and Charles posted a video on the platform mocking her message.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
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Three weeks after that self-mocking self-tape, a Mercedes-Benz was waiting outside one of Bournemouth’s student accommodation blocks.—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
14 May 2026
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Here, the oyster clamped swiftly shut, pinching Yara’s finger.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 May 2026
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Roll pastry around filling, pinching to seal.—
Shelly Westerhausen Worcel,
Midwest Living,
18 May 2026
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Letters are subject to editing for clarity and length.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
15 May 2026
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Like, editing this movie differently could have turned it into something different.—
Ellise Shafer,
Variety,
14 May 2026
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All the thespian’s chemistry felt less like castmates promoting a production and more like siblings teasing one another out of deep affection.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
18 May 2026
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Luther Ford’s start in this industry began with a teasing dare from his relatives.—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
14 May 2026
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The other shows the two world leaders shaking hands.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
16 May 2026
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Rinse under cold water 1 minute, shaking to ensure a thorough rinse.—
Midwest Living,
Midwest Living,
15 May 2026
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Those included adding desks or modifying office space to make more efficient use of workplaces; shifting the location of employees’ workstations based on surplus office space; and working with California’s Department of General Services to potentially use additional space in Sacramento.—
William Melhado,
Sacbee.com,
14 May 2026
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And SpaceX is modifying three pads in the Cape Canaveral area — Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center and Launch Complex 37-A and 37-B at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station — to accommodate Starship launches.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
13 May 2026
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“Tweaking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tweaking. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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