as in to hang (around or out)
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Recent Examples of zone out
Well, the Brits certainly think so: a study in the UK found that young people believe clubbing improves their mental health: the social aspect and the opportunity to zone out and move your body being key touchpoints.
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Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 26 Jan. 2025
Mouse studies also suggested that these moments of defiance can be seen as physical responses: mice zoned out for a split-second while their brains rebooted, and twitched in their sleep when those regions woke up briefly.
—New Atlas, 2 Jan. 2025
Speaking as someone who would like to zone out this holiday season: Dammit.
—Angela Watercutter, WIRED, 20 Dec. 2024
Everyone needs background noise for wrapping presents or something to zone out in front of after a big holiday meal, and the streamers know how to get the job done.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 3 Dec. 2024
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Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 26 Jan. 2025
Mouse studies also suggested that these moments of defiance can be seen as physical responses: mice zoned out for a split-second while their brains rebooted, and twitched in their sleep when those regions woke up briefly.
—New Atlas, 2 Jan. 2025
Speaking as someone who would like to zone out this holiday season: Dammit.
—Angela Watercutter, WIRED, 20 Dec. 2024
Everyone needs background noise for wrapping presents or something to zone out in front of after a big holiday meal, and the streamers know how to get the job done.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 3 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for zone out
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Even as taxpayers and tax professionals were winding down from tax season, there was chaos at the IRS.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
26 Apr. 2025
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As the first 20 minutes were winding down, Byfield got his second career playoff goal on a bank shot off Edmonton goalie Stuart Skinner.—
Eric Stephens,
New York Times,
22 Apr. 2025
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Making the choice to be social is especially difficult at the end of an exhausting day when your impulse may be to veg out on the couch.—
Allie Volpe,
Vox,
7 Dec. 2018
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Plus: What better way for locals to veg out during a stressful election season than with some grade-A on-screen drama?—
Mimi Montgomery,
Axios,
19 Sep. 2024
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Fans were still bummed that he was reassigned to minor-league camp.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
17 Mar. 2025
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For more on Nintendo Switch 2, check out our Switch 2 game wishlist and learn why we’ll be bummed if Switch 2 lacks these features.—
Jordan Minor,
PC Magazine,
27 Mar. 2025
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Chisholm aimed to exhaust the opponent and loosen up the defense for later in the match.—
Jay King,
New York Times,
13 Apr. 2025
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Meanwhile, steam only needs water heated to a high temperature to loosen up dirt and grime, plus sanitize surfaces.—
Terri Williams,
Architectural Digest,
3 Apr. 2025
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Guests can make the rounds in the award-winning spa’s outdoor hydrotherapy circuit, take a bracing dip in the plunge pool or chill out in the snow room.—
Blane Bachelor,
Robb Report,
17 Apr. 2025
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Williams wishes that the cicada-phobic would just chill out.—
Mary Carole McCauley,
Baltimore Sun,
10 Mar. 2025
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The horrific crimes came to light after an MTA train conductor found the dead man, believed to be in his 40s, facedown on the floor of an idling R train at the Whitehall St. subway stop in lower Manhattan about 12:30 a.m.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
15 Apr. 2025
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The plans for the idling come weeks after a Detroit Free Press report said hundreds of BrightDrop vehicles were lining a storage lot in Flint, Michigan.—
Michael Wayland,
CNBC,
11 Apr. 2025
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Get our daily newsletter Yet Mr Schwarzman avoids footling with life’s foot-soldiers for a reason.—
The Economist,
The Economist,
19 Sep. 2019
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Last year an American startup called Swarm Technologies paid a footling $900,000 fine for sending four tiny satellites into orbit on an Indian rocket, having been denied permission to do so by the US Federal Communications Commission.—
The Economist,
The Economist,
17 July 2019
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Commenters debated whether certain dog breeds were more prone to loafing and stretching in this way.—
Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell,
Newsweek,
16 Jan. 2025
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More strikingly, people all over the county were actually seeing mountain lions, not only in their high beams at night but in broad daylight, with increasing regularity: crossing the road, loafing at the edge of a fenced field, skirting a campground.—
Malcolm Brooks Malcolm Hillgartner Krish Seenivasan Zak Mouton,
New York Times,
31 Dec. 2024
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“Zone out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/zone%20out. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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