as in to pass over
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Recent Examples of tune out
Fans, consumers, broadcasters, media and others, so the theory goes, could then tune out.
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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
To tune out noisy environments, like airports and gyms, grab the sleek Apple AirPods Max Wireless Over-Ear Headphones.
—Isabel Garcia, PEOPLE, 4 Dec. 2025
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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
To tune out noisy environments, like airports and gyms, grab the sleek Apple AirPods Max Wireless Over-Ear Headphones.
—Isabel Garcia, PEOPLE, 4 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tune out
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The Fortune 500 is littered with examples of wanna-be CEOs who left their companies after being passed over for the top job.—
Claire Zillman,
Fortune,
7 Feb. 2026
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Vikings defensive coordinator Brian Flores, one of the best assistant coaches in the league, was once again passed over for a coaching job.—
Antwan Staley,
New York Daily News,
6 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
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Aerial images captured by FOX 11 Los Angeles showed a portion of the roof blown off at an apartment complex in Bell Gardens following the deadly blast on Tuesday.—
Greg Norman-Diamond,
FOXNews.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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This framing effectively provides a rationale for ignoring officers’ commands during field encounters.—
Christina Buttons,
Washington Post,
3 Feb. 2026
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Fedorov, the new defense minister, acknowledges the scale of the problem, telling the Ukrainian parliament some 2 million people are ignoring their call-up papers, while 200,000 others have deserted.—
Andrew Carey,
CNN Money,
3 Feb. 2026
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Then, as Musk has been prone to do, the former presidential adviser disregarded much of his previous explanation and said that building a civilization on Mars was still an option, just that building on the Moon is SpaceX’s current priority.—
Washington Examiner Staff,
The Washington Examiner,
9 Feb. 2026
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Decades of pandering to public employee unions, bloating of bureaucratic staffs, and disregarding voter wishes regarding the outsourcing of local services and limiting pensions have been identified.—
U T Readers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 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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