: aware of and attentive or responsive to something
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… designed to produce a … police department that is more attuned to the needs of individual communities …—
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Clifford Krauss… what's especially crucial is the mother's or caregiver's "sensitivity"—how attuned she is to her child's experience of the world.—Pamela Druckerman
Pamela Druckerman… disenchanted with a government that seems more attuned to the interests of big business and rural folk than to those of urban dwellers.—Edwin O. Reischauer
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Interviewers are more attuned than ever to canned or inauthentic responses.
—Andrew Fennell, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
As in her previous features, Simón’s filmmaking is warmly tactile and attuned to both human movement and geographic texture.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 21 May 2025
Teams have gotten more attuned to scouting poor shooters to leave unguarded, which usually pays off.
—Jared Weiss, New York Times, 8 May 2025
That is because Silicon Valley is highly attuned to the way power is exchanged and distributed in the industry, and to tech bros’ hubristic inclination to cast the public in a stereotypically feminine role.
—Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 16 Apr. 2025
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Andrew Fennell, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
As in her previous features, Simón’s filmmaking is warmly tactile and attuned to both human movement and geographic texture.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 21 May 2025
Teams have gotten more attuned to scouting poor shooters to leave unguarded, which usually pays off.
—Jared Weiss, New York Times, 8 May 2025
That is because Silicon Valley is highly attuned to the way power is exchanged and distributed in the industry, and to tech bros’ hubristic inclination to cast the public in a stereotypically feminine role.
—Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 16 Apr. 2025
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“Attuned.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/attuned. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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