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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Some fans — though certainly not all — have started to tune out since the Sunflower Showdown defeat.
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Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 5 Nov. 2025
The concern is whether players start tuning out McDaniel.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 31 Oct. 2025
Despite more than $100 million spent on the ballot fight so far, however, many are tuning out.
—Julia Prodis Sulek, Mercury News, 26 Oct. 2025
His real specialty, The Mastermind suggests, is his ability to tune out everything but his own wants and needs.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 23 Oct. 2025
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Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 5 Nov. 2025
The concern is whether players start tuning out McDaniel.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 31 Oct. 2025
Despite more than $100 million spent on the ballot fight so far, however, many are tuning out.
—Julia Prodis Sulek, Mercury News, 26 Oct. 2025
His real specialty, The Mastermind suggests, is his ability to tune out everything but his own wants and needs.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 23 Oct. 2025
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“Tune out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tune%20out. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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