tune out
verb
tuned out; tuning out; tunes out
: to become unresponsive to : ignore
: to dissociate oneself from what is happening or one's surroundings
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But a longtime investing expert is encouraging investors to tune out the noise and focus on the fundamentals.
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Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 30 July 2024
The next night, the offenders were drunken dudes: different register and subject matter—golf, blackjack, the scene at the pool at the Wynn—but just as hard to tune out or counteract.
—Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 22 July 2024
President Biden's campaign chair convened an all-staff call Friday and urged staffers to tune out news coverage that has focused on whether Biden will be pushed aside as the Democratic nominee, according to a recording of the call obtained by Axios.
—Alex Thompson, Axios, 19 July 2024
That appallingly low turnout for an election that is essentially a proxy for November’s Arlington County Board election is a shocking example of how voters might be tuning out with regard to civic participation.
—Washington Post, 5 July 2024
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Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 30 July 2024
The next night, the offenders were drunken dudes: different register and subject matter—golf, blackjack, the scene at the pool at the Wynn—but just as hard to tune out or counteract.
—Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 22 July 2024
President Biden's campaign chair convened an all-staff call Friday and urged staffers to tune out news coverage that has focused on whether Biden will be pushed aside as the Democratic nominee, according to a recording of the call obtained by Axios.
—Alex Thompson, Axios, 19 July 2024
That appallingly low turnout for an election that is essentially a proxy for November’s Arlington County Board election is a shocking example of how voters might be tuning out with regard to civic participation.
—Washington Post, 5 July 2024
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“Tune out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tune%20out. Accessed 18 Aug. 2024.
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