tune out

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Recent Examples of tune out People love to tune in, tune out, and escape while watching beautiful people doing impossible things. Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 10 Dec. 2024 Glumly marching to the stage, Wallen appears to tune out the anxious producer’s notes about looking at the camera and remembering to smile. Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 31 Dec. 2024 While Fox News, MSNBC and CNN did see a rise in ratings, the latter two networks saw big post-election drop-offs as politics-weary viewers tuned out after Trump’s victory and Vice President Kamala Harris’ loss. Ted Johnson, Deadline, 31 Dec. 2024 Zoom out: Americans began tuning out political news before the election, Axios' Sara Fischer previously reported. April Rubin, Axios, 26 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for tune out 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tune out
Verb
  • Each was a three-star high school prospect, out of a possible five, who had been passed over by the country’s most tradition-rich schools and had instead proved himself as a starter at a middle-tier program.
    Andrew Greif, NBC News, 20 Jan. 2025
  • Embers traveled up to two miles to the west, passing over some neighborhoods but hitting central Altadena hard.
    Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Sly the Slippery Recluse, known for blowing off gigs and and cracked public appearances, gets more ink than the six years between 1967 and 1973.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 24 Jan. 2025
  • My only son, Hersh, was kidnapped from a music festival on Oct. 7, 2023, after having his dominant forearm and hand blown off.
    Rachel Goldberg-Polin, TIME, 16 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • But former Twitter employees say Musk sees laws, regulations and procedures as unnecessary speed bumps meant to be ignored.
    Clare Duffy, CNN, 5 Feb. 2025
  • The Carmel Valley Community Planning Board is taking a stand against the San Diego Planning Commission’s recent approval of a new senior living development in Carmel Valley as members feel their input on the project’s impact on traffic and community character was ignored.
    Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • As Newsweek points out, a sense of entitlement can lead people to disregard common social norms, creating friction in seemingly mundane situations.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Feb. 2025
  • Does Beyoncé winning Album of the Year help emerging Black artists get more radio play, or record deals that come with healthcare, or even the playing field in a landscape that disregards and disrespects Black women?
    Kathleen Newman-Bremang, refinery29.com, 3 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Liska and Copper’s text also, uncomfortably, makes constant, slighting reference to Bachrach’s body.
    Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2024
  • 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 11 Feb. 2025.

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