Tweaking

noun, verb

noun, verb ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A tweak; a minor modification.

    "The paintings seem concerned, if understatedly, about despoliation and other human tweakings of the landscape."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of tweak form-of, gerund, participle, present

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"The social media giant announced in a blog post that it was once again tweaking its algorithm that will reduce so-called clickbait from appearing prominently in the News Feed."

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