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  • verb Present participle of tweak.
  • noun A tweak; a minor modification.

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Examples

  • There ARE some things that need to be fixed - but to scrap the whole thing for some minor tweaking is just plain old STUPID!

    Two senators say House health-care proposal is dead 2009

  • Happy with xMarks, but tweaking is one of the main reasons to haunt LH, imho ... along with learning from more knowledgeable/savvy users. rroll99

    Weave Now Syncs Firefox Preferences, Auto-Logins | Lifehacker Australia 2009

  • Experimenting, testing, and tweaking is what makes cooking worthwhile.

    Recipe for Seafood and Vegetable Stew with Rouille (Red Pepper Sauce) Laurie Constantino 2009

  • Nonetheless, I feel this will improve the blogroll's utility, and future tweaking is always possible.

    Blogrolls 2008

  • Free template and html tweaking is all it takes to have this background.

    Jimmy's Stars (copy) ____Maggie 2008

  • Setting up BFilter was a five-minute affair, even on a browser (Google Chrome) that lacked specific installation instructions, and BFilter worked as promised — although it did block Digg badges for some reason, so a little tweaking is likely necessary.

    BFilter Blocks Web Ads From Any Browser | Lifehacker Australia 2008

  • Setting up BFilter was a five-minute affair, even on a browser (Google Chrome) that lacked specific installation instructions, and BFilter worked as promised — although it did block Digg badges for some reason, so a little tweaking is likely necessary.

    Monday, October 20, 2008 | Lifehacker Australia 2008

  • Everything should be up and running except some IE tweaking is still going on, but if you're still using IE it's time to come into the 21st century anyway.

    New Edition 2007

  • Everything should be up and running except some IE tweaking is still going on, but if you're still using IE it's time to come into the 21st century anyway.

    Archive 2007-08-01 2007

  • If not, discussing tweaking is downright silly - it won't make a significant difference.

    Balkinization 2007

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