as in to pass over
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Recent Examples of tune out
There is a strong case to be made that tuning out is part of what got the country into this trouble in the first place.
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Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2024
Other proper nouns, like the Darkhold, can be safely tuned out.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 19 Sep. 2024
Trump’s die-hards have proven their ability to tune out inconvenient hassles, while Democrats tend to be intractable when turned into true-believers.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 12 Sep. 2024
Ads make my bosses happy but make my audience tune out.
—Ash Parrish, The Verge, 31 Aug. 2024
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Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2024
Other proper nouns, like the Darkhold, can be safely tuned out.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 19 Sep. 2024
Trump’s die-hards have proven their ability to tune out inconvenient hassles, while Democrats tend to be intractable when turned into true-believers.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 12 Sep. 2024
Ads make my bosses happy but make my audience tune out.
—Ash Parrish, The Verge, 31 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tune out
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After the Sharks failed to clear the puck inside their own zone, rookie defenseman Owen Pickering slid a pass over to Drew O’Connor, who fired a puck toward the Sharks net.Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
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As demonstrated by Oxy, a huge bank of fans is set up to suck in air that is passed over a chemical that absorbs CO2.Ian Dexter Palmer, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
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Though there has been some rainfall in the Bay Area in the last several weeks, the amount was minimal and winds quickly followed, blowing off much of the moisture.Nollyanne Delacruz, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
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For much of Saturday’s 26-21 loss to Washington, as rain fell in sheets and a freezing wind blew off Lake Washington, Lincoln Riley stuck stubbornly with his gut, testing the nation’s No. 1 pass defense by throwing into a downpour with a struggling quarterback.Iliana Limón Romero, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
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Kimberly Clausing, a former Treasury Department official in the Biden administration and a UCLA professor of tax law, said the GOP will probably overestimate the revenue from tariffs and ignore the negative economic impact of the duties.Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
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Speaking with SiriusXM, Gramm lamented that Foreigner’s request to have its original members perform a medley of greatest hits was ignored — instead, younger artists Kelly Clarkson and Demi Lovato, as well as friend of the group Sammy Hagar, were chosen to perform on their behalf.Devon Ivie, Vulture, 12 Nov. 2024
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Arbitration awards are only vacated in extraordinary circumstances, such as where the arbitrator was biased or manifestly disregarded relevant law, or where there was some other type of egregious misconduct, none of which appears present in the instant matter.Chris Deubert, Forbes, 19 Nov. 2024
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Justice Dallet told Thome that disregarding laws passed over the last 40 years to go back to 1849 would be undemocratic.Greg Wehner, Fox News, 12 Nov. 2024
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Arab Americans are one voting bloc that’s used to being slighted by both major parties.Abdallah Fayyad, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
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In this case, the full-band parts of the concert have no reason to be slighted if someone feels compelled to single out Hart’s section as primo.Chris Willman, Variety, 12 Aug. 2024
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“Tune out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tune%20out. Accessed 25 Nov. 2024.
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