in tune

Idioms  

1. Also, in tune with.

2. 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]

3. 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 .

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in tune

Meanwhile, volume breadth — the volume of advancing stocks minus the volume of declining stocks — has been more in tune with the market rally because of the heavy volume in those AI-related stocks.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026

The American restaurant’s name is more in tune with Lucas’ Marin County farm and film-production compound, Skywalker Ranch, though both are named for “Star Wars” protagonist Luke Skywalker.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

"When you're an anxious person, especially with health anxiety, you're so much more in tune with your body," she says.

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026

Set on the home front in Massachusetts, this is a Civil War novel—the patriarch is a Union chaplain—and a work of gently delivered moral lessons in tune with Alcott’s Transcendentalist education.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026

And it was also here, unfortunately, that the Mud People were most in tune with magic, which resulted in a far higher People-sighting rate than you got anywhere else on the planet.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer

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