as in to pass over
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Recent Examples of tune out
Rivers had already laid the foundation of a team that tuned out the noise and believed in its own process.
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Brian Sampson, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
Great trips start with great gear: those products that help tune out the hustle and bustle, hold boredom at bay, make flights less stressful, and keep you refreshed and focused, no matter how many stops are in your itinerary.
—Miles Walls, Travel + Leisure, 20 Dec. 2024
A lot is being tuned out while a lot is being opened up.
—Stacy Lambe, People.com, 12 Dec. 2024
Nielsen data shows that most of those viewers — likely fatigued or depressed about the election’s outcome — are tuning out news altogether.
—Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
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Brian Sampson, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
Great trips start with great gear: those products that help tune out the hustle and bustle, hold boredom at bay, make flights less stressful, and keep you refreshed and focused, no matter how many stops are in your itinerary.
—Miles Walls, Travel + Leisure, 20 Dec. 2024
A lot is being tuned out while a lot is being opened up.
—Stacy Lambe, People.com, 12 Dec. 2024
Nielsen data shows that most of those viewers — likely fatigued or depressed about the election’s outcome — are tuning out news altogether.
—Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tune out
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If he’s passed over for the coordinator job again — Penn State did this last year with Allen — at some point, Poindexter might need to go elsewhere to take that next step.—
Audrey Snyder,
The Athletic,
24 Jan. 2025
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Princess Iman isn’t the only sibling the throne passes over— her younger sister, Princess Salma, is in the same spot.—
Janine Henni,
People.com,
24 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Part of our chimney blew off and crashed into the driveway.—
Lesley M. M. Blume,
Vogue,
9 Jan. 2025
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Airlines’ wild year Airlines started off the year with a door panel blowing off of a Boeing airplane during an Alaska Airlines flight.—
Jacob Pramuk,
CNBC,
27 Dec. 2024
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Modeste says ignoring mental health will no longer cut it, so parents should have open and honest discussions about it.—
Elizabeth Ayoola,
Essence,
24 Jan. 2025
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Peter, on the other hand, is approaching it in a very old fashioned, very masculine, frankly, way of burying it, ignoring it, and that doesn’t often work.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
24 Jan. 2025
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There was only one goal scored in a 1-0 win over the rival the Los Angeles Kings, and Draisaitl picked up just a secondary assist — the type of credit often almost disregarded as insignificant.—
Daniel Nugent-Bowman,
The Athletic,
14 Jan. 2025
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Equip for Equality attorneys have seen time and time again how students with IEPs are failed by schools and administrations that flagrantly disregard the laws.—
Zena Naiditch,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Jan. 2025
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Liska and Copper’s text also, uncomfortably, makes constant, slighting reference to Bachrach’s body.—
Helen Shaw,
The New Yorker,
13 Dec. 2024
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The deference being shown to the Big Ten and SEC conferences isn’t sitting well with some outsiders, who feel they are being slighted by the CFP selection committee.—
Kevin Dotson,
CNN,
19 Nov. 2024
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“Tune out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tune%20out. Accessed 27 Jan. 2025.
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