as in to pass over
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Recent Examples of tune out
The executive urged employees to focus on their work and tune out Mr. Musk’s comments on X and other forums.
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Jack Ewing, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
Here’s to all of us who still try our best each and every day, and are open to learning lessons, but also tune out the noise if needed!
—Melissa Willets, Parents, 19 Feb. 2025
So Far Distinguish Between Constructive and Destructive Criticism Appreciate the constructive criticism and tune out the destructive criticism.
—Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 6 Mar. 2025
At this point, there’s so much noise around it that people are starting to tune out entirely; when a controversy drags on with no end in sight, everyone stops caring.
—Tracy Wright, Fox News, 5 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tune out
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The March 31 episode already set in motion Malcolm’s spinoff storyline: After being passed over for head coach of USC’s baseball team, the assistant coach told his toupee-wearing boss to shove it.—
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Second nomination after being passed over in 2023 with their first year of eligibility.—
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During World War II, the theater stayed open and became a haven for soldiers passing through the area who wanted to relax with a show or blow off steam by performing in one themselves.—
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This game was tied at the half, then blown off its hinges by a 29-7 Bruins run in the third quarter.—
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Though last Friday’s March jobs release was better than expected, with an increase in 228,000 jobs according to the nonfarm payroll report, it was widely ignored as old news due to the tariff implementation.—
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Pedro Pascal isn't ignoring an obvious parallel between himself and his character in the HBO series The Last of Us.—
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More Nuggets news: Nuggets Shockingly Blow Up Front Office, Fire HC Michael Malone and GM Calvin Booth The Nuggets disregarded Malone's success, including the championship win, and decided to fire him.—
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The judge advised the jurors to disregard that statement.—
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Known for unmercifully calling out machismo through her music, Paquita became a guiding light for many women who have been wronged or slighted by their partners, or a patriarchal world.—
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Each man feels insulted and slighted by the other; both have cause for resentment.—
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“Tune out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tune%20out. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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