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

For now, she and her team are fine-tuning the technique by testing it on DNA samples taken from remains of people who have donated their bodies to science.

From New York Times • May 28, 2022

Now some researchers are fine-tuning that strategy by moving upstream to test waste from single hospitals or other buildings, aiming to quickly pinpoint burgeoning COVID-19 outbreaks and stop them with testing and isolation.

From Reuters • Nov. 13, 2020

Berlin’s politicians are fine-tuning a redevelopment plan, unveiled in June, for a 3.2-acre site that includes a cold war museum, apartments and commercial areas, as well as a pentagonal open space.

From The Guardian • Nov. 13, 2019