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to fine-tune or improve by making minor adjustments

'Finest dragonskin, little bro',' said Fred, giving his zip a little tweak.
J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

He grinned, gave her breast a quick tweak that sent fury and rage cycling to her gut.
J.D. Robb -- Immortal in Death
It's basically the recipe on the back of chocolate chips with a few tweaks, such as adding a pinch of nutmeg and cinnamon to the dry ingredients.
Jaycee Lee Dugard -- A Stolen Life
I could swear it tweaks its angle to raise my elbows higher.
Susan Ee -- Angelfall
What're you drinking these days— turpentine or varnish?" said the sailor, tweaking him roughly in his larded ribs.
Thomas Wolfe -- Look Homeward, Angel
Memories tweak and spark.
Neal Shusterman -- Unwind
They've been tweaking and tweaking and tweaking but they can't get it to work.
John Ringo -- Live Free or Die
She reached out and tweaked my cheek the way my grandmother would and said, "What's up, cutie?"
Jerry Spinelli -- Stargirl
Roshaneh and Sadaffe spent their first few years tweaking the business model.
Nicholas D. Kristof -- Half the Sky
It spent several minutes tweaking its feathers with its beak, exposing soft down.
Yann Martel -- Life of Pi
How was I supposed to tweak nothing?
Kiera Cass -- The Elite
I'd basically tweaked out like a junkie in front of him and, well, I'm sure it wasn't too fun to watch.
John Corey Whaley -- Nogin
Ferris could not resist tweaking the Exposition Company for not granting him a concession sooner than it did.
Erik Larson -- The Devil in the White City
They see what the really wired kids are doing and they tweak it.
Malcolm Gladwell -- The Tipping Point
He was immensely proud of Lin's success with Ligaroti, but he enjoyed tweaking his son, and he was good at it.
Laura Hillenbrand -- Seabiscuit
He tweaked me a little as the other sniper pulled in front.
Chris Kyle -- American Sniper
It was as if the desert heat they'd driven through had tweaked Stinky's brain.
Joshua Davis -- Spare Parts
I believe God never tweaks the laws of nature to achieve some desired outcome.
Jay Allison, et al. -- This I Believe II
For the last few hours, while getting my hair and makeup done and my outfit fitted and tweaked, I'd managed to ignore the chatter around me.
Sarah Dessen -- Just Listen
You shall tweak the nose of your Prince of Shades up there.
Thomas Mann -- The Magic Mountain

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