as in to hang (around or out)
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Recent Examples of zone out
And to be quite honest, I was literally zoned out, just waiting for the band to come back out — like, OK, when is halftime?
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Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2024
After all, human supervisors get bored and eventually zone out.
—Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 9 Oct. 2024
Yet his acknowledgment that just about his favorite activity was zoning out in front of the television sort of presaged — beyond his more famous endeavors — where the entire culture was heading.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 1 Oct. 2024
These groups are much more social than the zoned out, headphone wearing vibe of the gym, and as Dan Buetner found in Blue Zones, that human interaction is a huge component of longevity.
—Krista Simmons, Sunset Magazine, 13 Sep. 2024
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Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2024
After all, human supervisors get bored and eventually zone out.
—Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 9 Oct. 2024
Yet his acknowledgment that just about his favorite activity was zoning out in front of the television sort of presaged — beyond his more famous endeavors — where the entire culture was heading.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 1 Oct. 2024
These groups are much more social than the zoned out, headphone wearing vibe of the gym, and as Dan Buetner found in Blue Zones, that human interaction is a huge component of longevity.
—Krista Simmons, Sunset Magazine, 13 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for zone out
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As the year winds down, so does investors’ practice of dumping their biggest losers late in the year to realize capital losses and then use them to offset capital gains and save on taxes.Darla Mercado, CFP®, CNBC, 20 Dec. 2024
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Since then, advocates for repealing the Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension Offset made a last-ditch lobbying blitz to get the Senate to take it up before the current Congress winds down.Lisa Hagen, Hartford Courant, 19 Dec. 2024
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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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This isn't only a place to veg out, though.Hannah Walhout, Travel + Leisure, 10 Apr. 2023
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Usher, Coming Home This is Usher’s best album since 2004’s Confessions, and I’m bummed that more people haven’t listened to it.Mesfin Fekadu, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Dec. 2024
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A lot of environmentalists are bummed—even scared—about the results of the recent presidential election.Kristin Hostetter, Outside Online, 12 Dec. 2024
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Some players got even more creative with loosening up overtime.The Athletic NHL Staff, The Athletic, 21 Nov. 2024
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Pull your mum out of the pot and loosen up the root ball with your fingers, especially any circling roots.Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 19 Nov. 2024
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The Ultimate Wellness Escape Lands in Antarctica Want to chill out on your next vacation—how about a wellness retreat near the South Pole?Passport by ForbesLife, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
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Say hello to your fall-winter button-up shirt, made with a plush polyester-elastane knit blend to keep the chill out.Emily Belfiore, Travel + Leisure, 2 Nov. 2024
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But planes have only just recently started moving along the assembly lines that were idled by the two-month work stoppage.Chris Isidore, CNN, 10 Dec. 2024
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Competing against the best of the National League is another matter, but idling just above .500 isn’t palatable to fans in one of the largest markets in the country.Jared Wyllys, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
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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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Some are couch-potato cancers, mostly just loafing around.Maya Singer, Vogue, 23 July 2024
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Matthes, an ecologist who works with Friends of the Koala, grew up naming the koalas that loafed around in her backyard.Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 17 June 2024
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“Zone out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/zone%20out. Accessed 24 Dec. 2024.
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