as in to pass over
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Recent Examples of tune out
Glumly marching to the stage, Wallen appears to tune out the anxious producer’s notes about looking at the camera and remembering to smile.
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Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 31 Dec. 2024
While Fox News, MSNBC and CNN did see a rise in ratings, the latter two networks saw big post-election drop-offs as politics-weary viewers tuned out after Trump’s victory and Vice President Kamala Harris’ loss.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 31 Dec. 2024
Zoom out: Americans began tuning out political news before the election, Axios' Sara Fischer previously reported.
—April Rubin, Axios, 26 Dec. 2024
Rivers had already laid the foundation of a team that tuned out the noise and believed in its own process.
—Brian Sampson, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
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Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 31 Dec. 2024
While Fox News, MSNBC and CNN did see a rise in ratings, the latter two networks saw big post-election drop-offs as politics-weary viewers tuned out after Trump’s victory and Vice President Kamala Harris’ loss.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 31 Dec. 2024
Zoom out: Americans began tuning out political news before the election, Axios' Sara Fischer previously reported.
—April Rubin, Axios, 26 Dec. 2024
Rivers had already laid the foundation of a team that tuned out the noise and believed in its own process.
—Brian Sampson, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tune out
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Each was a three-star high school prospect, out of a possible five, who had been passed over by the country’s most tradition-rich schools and had instead proved himself as a starter at a middle-tier program.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC News,
20 Jan. 2025
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Embers traveled up to two miles to the west, passing over some neighborhoods but hitting central Altadena hard.—
Terry Castleman,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Jan. 2025
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Sly the Slippery Recluse, known for blowing off gigs and and cracked public appearances, gets more ink than the six years between 1967 and 1973.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
24 Jan. 2025
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My only son, Hersh, was kidnapped from a music festival on Oct. 7, 2023, after having his dominant forearm and hand blown off.—
Rachel Goldberg-Polin,
TIME,
16 Jan. 2025
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But former Twitter employees say Musk sees laws, regulations and procedures as unnecessary speed bumps meant to be ignored.—
Clare Duffy,
CNN,
5 Feb. 2025
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Equally, ignoring the barriers imposed historically and currently against many of our fellow humans will not only impact thousands of careers but will have a regressive effect on our abilities to work together and develop an essential glue of civil society, empathy.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
4 Feb. 2025
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This comment may come from a good place, but still manages to disregard what makes the birthing parent comfortable.—
Annabelle Canela,
Parents,
23 Jan. 2025
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In the case of one Premier League manager, any player falling below a certain value — literally any player — is disregarded instantly.—
Phil Hay,
The Athletic,
21 Jan. 2025
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Liska and Copper’s text also, uncomfortably, makes constant, slighting reference to Bachrach’s body.—
Helen Shaw,
The New Yorker,
13 Dec. 2024
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The deference being shown to the Big Ten and SEC conferences isn’t sitting well with some outsiders, who feel they are being slighted by the CFP selection committee.—
Kevin Dotson,
CNN,
19 Nov. 2024
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“Tune out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tune%20out. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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