tuning
Britishnoun
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a set of pitches to which the open strings of a guitar, violin, etc, are tuned
the normal tuning on a violin is G, D, A, E
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the accurate pitching of notes and intervals by a choir, orchestra, etc; intonation
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A swath of disaffected progressives started tuning in to his daily marathon livestreams, where Piker riffs on the latest batch of headlines with a trademark off-the-cuff panache.
From Slate ● Nov. 4, 2026
Otherwise, ABC has dominated, with upwards of 10 million tuning in most weeks to the network’s prime-time game.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026
Sayers isn't sure whether the new line-up has contributed to lower ratings - about six million people are tuning in every week this year, down by about a million.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
"This gives us a completely new tuning knob for light. By adjusting its topology, we can decide how and where chirality appears," said Dr. Nape.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026
She picked up the mallet and put all of her anger into a single, powerful strike at the tuning fork.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
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