fine-tune
verb (used with object)
to tune (a radio or television receiver) to produce the optimum reception for the desired station or channel by adjusting a control knob or bar.
are fine-tuning
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present progressiveof fine-tune.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Both parties are fine-tuning efforts to win over Black voters.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 28, 2024
Firms are fine-tuning technologies they hope will ultimately enable them to raise huge numbers of salmon in land-based facilities.
From Science Magazine ● Feb. 9, 2023
To secure an aviation deal, diplomats are fine-tuning a text setting an aspirational net-zero 2050 target while understanding different circumstances, a person familiar with the talks said.
From Reuters ● Sep. 27, 2022
Several other Democrats are fine-tuning similar remarks that they expect to deliver throughout the week on the floor, in committee rooms and in news conferences.
From New York Times ● Feb. 21, 2016
These are certainly strange times when the other Euro 2012 nations are fine-tuning their arrangements while Hodgson is effectively starting from scratch.
From The Guardian ● May 25, 2012
