as in to hang (around or out)
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Recent Examples of zone out
Speaking as someone who would like to zone out this holiday season: Dammit.
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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
Everyone deserves the chance to zone out to neon blobs.
—Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 26 Nov. 2024
In interrogation, the sisters might have remembered their father’s tactic: focus on a point in the wall and zone out.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2024
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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
Everyone deserves the chance to zone out to neon blobs.
—Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 26 Nov. 2024
In interrogation, the sisters might have remembered their father’s tactic: focus on a point in the wall and zone out.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for zone out
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Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards had the ball as time was winding down and had a bad turnover to Westbrook.—
Jason D. Greenblatt,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Apr. 2025
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With the current quarter winding down, there are some stocks investors should keep an eye on heading into the next period.—
Sean Conlon,
CNBC,
28 Mar. 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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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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Plenty more will simply be bummed their predictions didn’t pan out.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
21 Mar. 2025
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Being a yapper and a party animal isn’t your usual, but right now is the time to loosen up and enjoy the magic of interconnectedness.—
Nina Kahn,
StyleCaster,
24 Mar. 2025
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Down the stretch, Drake finally loosened up and made layup after layup against Mizzou’s pressing defense, with Stirtz delivering the passes to put the game out of reach.—
CJ Moore,
The Athletic,
21 Mar. 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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My pattern was to decide never, ever, ever to drink again; bump up against that first-sip craving; and then counsel myself to chill out, take the sip, don't be a perfectionist.—
Matt Robison,
Newsweek,
18 Feb. 2025
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Cleveland-Cliffs — The steel producer declined 1.2% after a report from the Minnesota Star Tribune said Cleveland-Cliffs would temporarily idle two factories, resulting in hundreds of job cuts.—
Hakyung Kim,
CNBC,
21 Mar. 2025
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In court papers, top CFPB officials have said the agency remains committed to meeting its obligations under the law, rejecting arguments that by idling the majority of the agency's staff and canceling the bulk of its contracts, the Trump administration is violating the law.—
Douglas Gillison and Daniel Wiessner,
USA TODAY,
4 Mar. 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 6 Apr. 2025.
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