as in to hang (around or out)
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Recent Examples of zone out
Everyone has their own way of relieving stress, zoning out from the hassles of day-to-day life.
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Jim Clash, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
And to be quite honest, I was literally zoned out, just waiting for the band to come back out — like, OK, when is halftime?
—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
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Jim Clash, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
And to be quite honest, I was literally zoned out, just waiting for the band to come back out — like, OK, when is halftime?
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for zone out
Verb
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After an extensive coaching and general manager search, the Jets are winding down their process.—
Antwan Staley,
New York Daily News,
20 Jan. 2025
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The app won't be removed from people's phones, and the company is not required to shut down the service, but Apple App Store and Google Play Store will likely remove the application and internet service providers will wind down related services to comply with the law and avoid fines.—
Ramon Padilla,
USA TODAY,
17 Jan. 2025
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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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Picture a disheveled gambler, with his empty pockets sticking out, trying to bum a smoke from someone on the Las Vegas strip.—
Jay Paris,
Forbes,
3 Jan. 2025
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When someone in the music industry told him that Deconstruction had already broken up, the news deeply bummed him out.—
Aaron Gilbreath,
SPIN,
31 Dec. 2024
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More people than ever are eyeing the whales as a potential revenue source, lobbying government officials to loosen up with the permits or trying to call in favors.—
Maggie Shipstead,
Travel + Leisure,
18 Sep. 2024
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As everyone loosens up, ask to try the Convite Coyote Mezcal Joven which puts the smell and taste of that Taos Pueblo bonfire into the bottle.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes,
2 Jan. 2025
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Coyote caught chilling out in front yard in rare security camera footage A coyote was caught sitting in the front yard of a home in Cape Coral, Florida, via security camera.—
Elizabeth Pritchett,
Fox News,
1 Dec. 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
Verb
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Our asphalt arrival gate was on the total opposite end of our idling overseas plane.—
Denise Snodell,
Kansas City Star,
15 Jan. 2025
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Four of the company’s football production trucks, which house the wires, cable and servers to air NFL games, were idled close to Kingman, Ariz., last Tuesday night as everyone waited for the NFL to make a decision on the venue.—
Richard Deitsch,
The Athletic,
14 Jan. 2025
Verb
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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
Verb
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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 24 Jan. 2025.
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