tuned out

Definition of tuned outnext
past tense of tune out

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tuned out
Verb
  • Her accessories, much like her clothing, were tight in number but deliberate in choice—subtle details that gained meaning through repetition—much of which is routinely passed over today in comparison to her clothing.
    Julia Rabinowitsch, Vogue, 20 Feb. 2026
  • What is true, however, even before Crosby’s injury, is that the torch had started to be passed over gradually to McDavid.
    Pierre LeBrun, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • 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
  • Things took a turn for the worse two years ago when a door plug blew off an Alaska Air 737 Max shortly after take-off, renewing questions about the safety of its manufacturing and put federal restrictions on the pace of production.
    Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 27 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Injuries over the past year may have left him unavailable for selection, but there were times last season when his claims were ignored and others like Newcastle United’s Dan Burn and Liverpool’s Jarell Quansah (now at Bayer Leverkusen) were selected.
    Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2026
  • For months, Bill Clinton, 79, and Hillary Clinton, 78, largely ignored the matter in public but that became harder to sustain in December when the former president was featured prominently in the first batch of Epstein files.
    STEVEN SLOAN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, Arkansas Online, 26 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • The working group was tasked with looking at the upkeep of veterans’ graves and finding ways to make sure their graves are properly kept and not neglected.
    Helen I. Bennett, Hartford Courant, 26 Feb. 2026
  • The mall had insufficient exterior lighting, the city said, and graffiti resulting from deferred or neglected maintenance.
    Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 25 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
  • 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
Verb
  • The cost hurdle could be overlooked in the short term, but having a system with actuators and a movable battery rack would also occupy more space, potentially requiring a compromise between cabin space and the number of cells in the battery pack.
    Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Randall is owed a debt of gratitude for championing the important and too-often overlooked culinary contributions of African Americans.
    Brad Johnson, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2026
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“Tuned out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tuned%20out. Accessed 2 Mar. 2026.

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