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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And, per usual, Jim Cramer advised Club members to tune out the noise.
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Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2024
Simplify your financial life by tuning out this noise.
—Gregory Ostrowski, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
With my headset on, the distractions were instantly tuned out.
—Dominique Fluker, Essence, 14 Oct. 2024
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.
—Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2024
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Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2024
Simplify your financial life by tuning out this noise.
—Gregory Ostrowski, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
With my headset on, the distractions were instantly tuned out.
—Dominique Fluker, Essence, 14 Oct. 2024
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.
—Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2024
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“Tune out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tune%20out. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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