as in to pass over
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Recent Examples of tune out
Thanes Tables also offers two private gaming rooms — Moonstone Crypt or Wychwood Forest — where serious gamers can tune out the modern world with dim lighting and murals painted on the walls.
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The Denver Post, Denver Post, 7 Jan. 2026
Fans, consumers, broadcasters, media and others, so the theory goes, could then tune out.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 27 Dec. 2025
The doping also allows the electronics to actively tune out any small drifts in frequency over long periods.
—Perri Thaler, IEEE Spectrum, 17 Dec. 2025
Democratic erosion accelerates when citizens and elites withdraw from contestation—when, out of fear, exhaustion, or sheer resignation, promising candidates decline to run for office, donors pull back, lawyers stop filing lawsuits, and citizens tune out.
—Steven Levitsky, Foreign Affairs, 11 Dec. 2025
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The Denver Post, Denver Post, 7 Jan. 2026
Fans, consumers, broadcasters, media and others, so the theory goes, could then tune out.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 27 Dec. 2025
The doping also allows the electronics to actively tune out any small drifts in frequency over long periods.
—Perri Thaler, IEEE Spectrum, 17 Dec. 2025
Democratic erosion accelerates when citizens and elites withdraw from contestation—when, out of fear, exhaustion, or sheer resignation, promising candidates decline to run for office, donors pull back, lawyers stop filing lawsuits, and citizens tune out.
—Steven Levitsky, Foreign Affairs, 11 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tune out
Verb
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Yet he was passed over for the accolade.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Feb. 2026
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It could be mistaken for the latter only because Jokic had thrown so many errant passes over the last two hours already.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
10 Feb. 2026
Verb
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First, there are the concentric circle features, which look like wispy shells of ejecta blown off of the star.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
11 Feb. 2026
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The city's Department of Buildings said at the time that the roofs blew off at least two buildings — including a part of Wrigley Field, where a panel on the roof above the press box was damaged by extreme winds.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
2 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Still, even inside the awards-season bubble, the turmoil surrounding the movie business, the country and the world beyond it was hard to ignore.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2026
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They're exhausted by the constant airing of grievances having little to do with what's actually going on in the country, and by the broad generalizations about, well, everything, that ignore context, nuance and facts to promote a political viewpoint.—
Brenda Looper,
Arkansas Online,
11 Feb. 2026
Verb
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During closing statements last month, prosecutors argued that the four people disregarded safety precautions, with former employees testifying that the facility failed to use ground straps.—
DeJanay Booth-Singleton,
CBS News,
10 Feb. 2026
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The plan also totally disregards the historical and religious sites in the Strip.—
Hussein Ibish,
The Atlantic,
10 Feb. 2026
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The right felt slighted, again, this time as the victim of a great left-wing conspiracy to turn football’s biggest night against them.—
Lorraine Ali,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Feb. 2026
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Did Probst feel slighted by all the backlash?—
David Canfield,
Vanity Fair,
20 Jan. 2026
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“Tune out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tune%20out. Accessed 18 Feb. 2026.
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