tune out

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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. 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 See All Example Sentences for tune out
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tune out
Verb
  • Yet he was passed over for the accolade.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2026
  • 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
  • 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
  • Legs blown off, arms blown off, faces blown off.
    Aysha Bagchi, USA Today, 14 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Roughly a year after his initial declaration, observers inside and outside the industry said networks had mostly ignored Jackson, and that little had changed.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2026
  • But dismissing or minimizing disappointment can unintentionally teach children to ignore or suppress emotions.
    Lauryn Higgins, Parents, 17 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • 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
  • The plan also totally disregards the historical and religious sites in the Strip.
    Hussein Ibish, The Atlantic, 10 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • 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
  • 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 21 Feb. 2026.

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