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 The best O’Hara acolytes are the ones who encourage us to see the beauty in the world, attuned to torsos on a New York Street or the majesty of making eggs for a loved one. — Literary Hub, 13 Oct. 2026 It is also rooted in being geographically close to clients and attuned to the pulse of their needs. — Jp Shaffer, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2026 For Fried is, as his poems prove, a writer attuned to the shape of thought and the sound of a word. — Carlos Valladares, ARTnews.com, 14 Aug. 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

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reconciled

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Briscoe, for instance, has found that in neural-tube patterning there are two ways of reaching the same place in the landscape — a finding that reconciled previously contradictory observations.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 9 Oct. 2026
Although the two reconciled, Flávio is still struggling to make ground with that base.

— Alessandra Freitas, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2026

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