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attune

verb

ə-ˈtün

Definition of attune

as in to reconcile

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 attune 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 See All Example Sentences for attune

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reconcile

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For all of that still to be reconciled, the essential question remains about the financing.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 17 Oct. 2026
The technician gets one coherent answer instead of four tools to reconcile by hand, and the plant avoids the downtime that used to depend on one retiring expert’s memory.

— Osman Koc, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of reconcile

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