in tune
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Also, in tune with.
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In agreement in musical pitch or intonation, as in It's hard to keep a violin in tune during damp weather , or Dave is always in tune with the other instrumentalists . [Mid-1400s]
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In concord or agreement, as in He was in tune with the times . [Late 1500s] The antonyms for both usages, dating from the same periods, are not in tune and out of tune , as in That trumpet's not in tune with the organ , or The lawyer was out of tune with his partners .
Example Sentences
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"A planet caught in resonance finds its orbit deformed to higher and higher eccentricities, precessing faster and faster while staying in tune with the orbit of the binary, which is shrinking," Touma said.
From Science Daily • Apr. 19, 2026
“All right folks, we’re going to sing ‘We are not afraid!’ ” someone shouts into the megaphone, and so they do; not shouting or chanting but singing, in tune and with one voice:
From Slate • Feb. 11, 2026
Cumulative volume breadth, on the other hand, has generally been much more in tune with SPX.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 24, 2025
He personally answers hundreds of emails daily to stay in tune with the campus pulse, and encourages students to approach him to practice networking.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 21, 2025
It was like singing in tune: he knew he was doing it at the same time as he did it.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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