as in to pass over
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Recent Examples of tune out
The word has become a signal to Trump fans to tune out distressing stories.
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Brian Stelter, CNN, 25 Mar. 2025
Shortly after the festival, a source close to the couple, who tied the knot in 2018, said that the pair is trying to tune out the noise.
—Michelle Lee, People.com, 13 May 2025
But readers who had obsessively tracked Trump’s four convulsive years in office were ready to tune out the relative normalcy of the Biden White House; the Post lost about three hundred thousand subscribers in the first year of Biden’s Presidency.
—Clare Malone, New Yorker, 12 May 2025
Instead, try to tune out the noise, and stay grounded in your long-term financial plan which is designed to weather financial uncertainty.
—Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 May 2025
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Brian Stelter, CNN, 25 Mar. 2025
Shortly after the festival, a source close to the couple, who tied the knot in 2018, said that the pair is trying to tune out the noise.
—Michelle Lee, People.com, 13 May 2025
But readers who had obsessively tracked Trump’s four convulsive years in office were ready to tune out the relative normalcy of the Biden White House; the Post lost about three hundred thousand subscribers in the first year of Biden’s Presidency.
—Clare Malone, New Yorker, 12 May 2025
Instead, try to tune out the noise, and stay grounded in your long-term financial plan which is designed to weather financial uncertainty.
—Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for tune out
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tune out
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The grates were designed to stay in place when passed over by snowplows.—
Noël Fletcher,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2025
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Shannon Crenshaw, the P.E. teacher, stood there with a football on his hip, watching as his fifth-graders kept passing over the boy who was different.—
Brooks Kubena,
New York Times,
19 May 2025
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The Wolves were thoroughly out-played again Thursday in Game 2, getting their doors blown off in the third quarter en route to a 118-103 loss in Oklahoma City.—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
23 May 2025
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The fact that Soto blew off the network was only the first sign of his darkening state of mind.—
Drew VonScio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 May 2025
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Get best-in-class reporting that's too important to ignore for just $2.50 $1 per month for 1 year.—
Louryn Strampe,
Wired News,
24 May 2025
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In some cases, the older feline will always ignore and live a separate life to the newer kitten.—
Rachael O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 May 2025
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Under President Jair Bolsonaro, the prior government allowed for rapid deforestation in exchange for quick economic gain and disregarded the global push for climate action.—
Justin Worland,
Time,
23 May 2025
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Scientific research must be funded, but integrity matters and UCSD must face real consequences for disregarding the law and failing its students.—
Letters To The Editor,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 May 2025
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Aware of the ongoing discourse around Joey Bada$$’s comments—which some took as slighting the West Coast’s current success—Soul stepped up with a diplomatic but direct verse.—
Preezy Brown,
VIBE.com,
14 May 2025
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No one feels slighted that a title won’t be on the line in a WrestleMania main event.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes.com,
16 Apr. 2025
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“Tune out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tune%20out. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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