as in to pass over
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Recent Examples of tune out
Habituation comes in handy to tune out disturbances such as a clock ticking or traffic noise.
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Cheryl Russell, Oc Register, 18 Jan. 2026
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.
—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
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Cheryl Russell, Oc Register, 18 Jan. 2026
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.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tune out
Verb
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When oxygen from the air passes over small pieces of iron inside the battery, the iron rusts and produces electricity.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Feb. 2026
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The rocks absorb energy from compaction as the crawler passes over them.—
George Petras,
USA Today,
25 Feb. 2026
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Juncheng Shang letting it all out and blowing off some steam at the Smash Room at the #DDFTennis Fan Village.—
James Hansen,
New York Times,
2 Mar. 2026
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Workers at the Olympics are stationed alongside the track to blow off excess snow, ensuring that the participants have a clean jump where they are also not slowed down.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
19 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Some designers find success ignoring social media altogether.—
Rachel Tashjian,
CNN Money,
3 Mar. 2026
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However, accuracy ignores the other effects of bombs—especially the blast radius.—
Richard Hall,
Time,
3 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The concentration of power in one person, the undermining of elections, disregarding the rule of law, the weakening checks and balances, and replacing constitutional loyalty with personal loyalty.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
1 Mar. 2026
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Some guests took the guidance more literally than others; many appeared to disregard the theme entirely.—
Oscar Holland,
CNN Money,
1 Mar. 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 7 Mar. 2026.
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