TUNE OUT Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

tune out

verb

Definition of tune out

as in to pass over

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Recent Examples of tune out This confuses and distresses voters, many of whom tune out and stay away from the polls. — Jim Nowlan, Chicago Tribune, 26 May 2026 Or are international fans attending one game every year and tuning out the rest of the season? — Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 15 May 2026 My belief remains that those who insist the Heat take major steps back also are those who would tune out during that period. — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 13 May 2026 Flip the script Max Kettner, Chief Multi-Asset Strategist at HSBC, said investors need to tune out the geopolitical noise, and instead focus on earnings fundamentals. — Michael Considine, CNBC, 21 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for tune out

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The Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency will search for new funding sources for environmental cleanup at a River District property slated for affordable senior housing, after the organization was passed over for a federal grant.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 8 July 2026
The autonomous vehicle then passes over the colorful flames and sparks.

— Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 7 July 2026

Definition of pass over

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In sum, the lid blew off last week after the Indiana Fever and Phoenix Mercury faced each other twice.

— Brian Hamilton, New York Times, 2 July 2026
In this upside-down world there’d be a pig like Ted Waters, who, one blue winter night on a concrete highway outside Marjah, had his leg blown off by a bomb disguised as a guardrail.

— Will Mackin, New Yorker, 28 June 2026

Definition of blow off

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Instead of going home that night, Wilber found himself back in bed 23 of the detention center — his bond denied — trying to ignore a nasty odor permeating his 14-person cell.

— Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
Kennedy plans to ignore such noise in the lead-up to the draft.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 9 July 2026

Definition of ignore

Verb

But this is great news for Liam, who is clearly into her enough to completely disregard Hudson’s boundary request.

— Tom Smyth, Vulture, 9 July 2026
Salgado Araujo, the department added, was shot after disregarding orders and attempting to ram an agent, who fired his weapon in self-defense.

— María Verza, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026

Definition of disregard

Verb

Luckily for Rhaena, Lady Jeyne is a pragmatist — and one who feels slighted by Rhaenyra.

— Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 29 June 2026
Militia commanders were already feeling slighted by their British overlords, and London’s stranglehold on trade and manufacturing caused still more resentment.

— Ann Manov, Harpers Magazine, 23 June 2026

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