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• n  a squeeze with the fingers
• v  pinch or squeeze sharply
• v  pull or pull out sharply
• v  adjust finely

• Amyris can tweak the genetic structure of those microbes, turning them into better fuel factories and creating ethanols and biodiesel that are far superior to those made .
• When Kanye West was looking for an effect to match some heartbroken lyrics, he flew T-Pain to Hawaii to see how many ways they could tweak Auto-Tune.
• You can even tweak your station by giving songs a thumbs-up or thumbs-down.

• pinch
• pluck
• pull off
• pick off
• fine-tune

News & Articles

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• Women's groups, Cuomo to tweak abortion bill, quell 'partial-birth' concerns
  Women's groups and Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Thursday plans to tweak a controversial abortion bill to alleviate concerns that the legislation might allow partial-birth abortions in New York, but Republicans said the amendment would not change their opposition.
  June 13, 2013 - The Journal News
• Northborough Conservation Commission asks baseball group to tweak plans
  The Conservation Commission Monday asked a baseball player development business looking to build ballfields near Northborough Crossing to tweak its design, with several members saying they wished they had been consulted earlier.  
  June 12, 2013 - The MetroWest Daily News
• Blackhawks tweak lines, break up Kane, Toews
  Blackhawks tweak lines, break up Kane, Toews
  June 11, 2013 - CBS Sports

Quotes

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• Phil Mickelson in The State
  It's just a minor tweak here and there,he said. "It's just frustrating because I came in here prepared. I came in here ready. I hit a lot of good shots. I gave myself a lot of birdie opportunities and putted terrible."
• Bob Bradley in Los Angeles Times
  The demands that Sacchi put on the teams were great physically,Bradley said. "I think Capello knew how to keep a lot of the good things there, but how to tweak it a little bit, how to make sure that physically with the number of games that...
• Cam Cameron in Palm Beach Post
  You don't replace a Ronnie Brown,Cameron said. "But you say, 'These are the guys we have. How do we maximize the guys that we have? Who are our best 11?' You're going to tweak your offense with the best 11 guys you have. Then how does the...