tune out

Example Sentences

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Symptoms can include a desire to tune out for a spell, stick your head in an ice bucket, or find another way to numb the senses.

From Los Angeles Times

“I mean, for people to say, ‘I can’t watch the news, I’m numb, I’m overwhelmed, I have to tune out,’ is so much privilege talking, because they can tune out, because they’re safe,” Constantino said.

From Los Angeles Times

First, as AI bots populate these sites with fake images and get-rich schemes, audiences will tune out.

From Barron's

First, as AI bots populate these sites with fake images and get-rich schemes, audiences will tune out.

From Barron's

“The conflict between the U.S. and Iran is certainly a difficult one to understand and try to determine what comes next, but a lot of investors have lived through this throughout their lifetimes and realized there’s no benefit to overreacting, so that’s caused them to tune out a bit on Monday,” said Chris Maxey, chief market strategist at Wealthspire Advisors, during an interview with MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch