tune out
verb
tuned out; tuning out; tunes out
: to become unresponsive to : ignore
: to dissociate oneself from what is happening or one's surroundings
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Conversely, clickbait ads, long-form ads, and disruptive ads will be tuned out in a blink.
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Mitch Duckler, Fortune, 23 May 2024
If the routine remains the same, then tuning out all the outside noise — the kind that comes along with an undefeated record and the program’s first region title since 2002 — is far easier.
—Brent Kennedy, Baltimore Sun, 12 Mar. 2024
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Mitch Duckler, Fortune, 23 May 2024
If the routine remains the same, then tuning out all the outside noise — the kind that comes along with an undefeated record and the program’s first region title since 2002 — is far easier.
—Brent Kennedy, Baltimore Sun, 12 Mar. 2024
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“Tune out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tune%20out. Accessed 31 May. 2024.
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