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
Examples of tune out in a Sentence
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Despite jitters investors may feel, experts say stock investors should tune out rate moves.
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Tanza Loudenback, wsj.com, 1 Nov. 2023
Among the designer's illustrious friends who tuned out were Martha Stewart, Sarita Choudhury, Eugenie Niarchos, Fernando Jorge, Megha Kapoor, Jamie Creel, Marco Scarani, Carlos Mota, and Pamela Golbin.
—Mario Abad, Vogue, 6 Nov. 2023
The family has tried to tune out the news as much as possible.
—Richard Engel, NBC News, 3 Nov. 2023
By the half-hour mark the supervisor watching the interview had tuned out completely.
—Omar El Akkad, Harper's Magazine, 27 Sep. 2023
In a crowded store environment, retail audio advertising offers the only communications vehicle shoppers cannot — and do not want to — tune out.
—Amanda Dorenberg, Rolling Stone, 5 Oct. 2023
While Tamara tries to tune out the stress of war by watching television shows, the boy takes a restorative nap.
—Dominique Soguel, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Oct. 2023
There are now two workplace archetypes: blenders, people who work passively throughout an entire day, and splitters, who work profusely during scheduled work hours and tune out afterward.
—Paige McGlauflin, Fortune, 21 Sep. 2023
Earbuds $140 $68 These wireless, noise-canceling earbuds from Samsung are the most useful tool for tuning out the background noise of your flight in a bid to get some shut-eye.
—Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 21 Aug. 2023
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Tanza Loudenback, wsj.com, 1 Nov. 2023
Among the designer's illustrious friends who tuned out were Martha Stewart, Sarita Choudhury, Eugenie Niarchos, Fernando Jorge, Megha Kapoor, Jamie Creel, Marco Scarani, Carlos Mota, and Pamela Golbin.
—Mario Abad, Vogue, 6 Nov. 2023
The family has tried to tune out the news as much as possible.
—Richard Engel, NBC News, 3 Nov. 2023
By the half-hour mark the supervisor watching the interview had tuned out completely.
—Omar El Akkad, Harper's Magazine, 27 Sep. 2023
In a crowded store environment, retail audio advertising offers the only communications vehicle shoppers cannot — and do not want to — tune out.
—Amanda Dorenberg, Rolling Stone, 5 Oct. 2023
While Tamara tries to tune out the stress of war by watching television shows, the boy takes a restorative nap.
—Dominique Soguel, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Oct. 2023
There are now two workplace archetypes: blenders, people who work passively throughout an entire day, and splitters, who work profusely during scheduled work hours and tune out afterward.
—Paige McGlauflin, Fortune, 21 Sep. 2023
Earbuds $140 $68 These wireless, noise-canceling earbuds from Samsung are the most useful tool for tuning out the background noise of your flight in a bid to get some shut-eye.
—Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 21 Aug. 2023
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First Known Use
1908, in the meaning defined at transitive sense
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tune out
verb
: to stop paying attention to what is happening or to one's surroundings
thinking about the work and tuning everything else out
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