: to dissociate oneself from what is happening or one's surroundings
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Recent Examples on the WebWhy audiences tune out Aside from the threats to people’s attention posed by our distracting technologies and information overload, there is also the fact of crisis fatigue leading readers to consume less news. Rebecca Rozelle-stone, The Conversation, 6 Sep. 2022 Find a scenic course to run and tune out, letting your mind wander.Outside Online, 10 Mar. 2021 Are there mental techniques to tune out the noise, sharpen focus and foster creativity?Forbes, 21 June 2022 What better way to tune out the doubters and get pumped than by cranking up music by her friend, Queen Bey? Victoria Hernandez, USA TODAY, 23 June 2022 Some believe Sarandos thinks that viewers get bored and tune out after that many episodes, though those close to him refute this. Matt Donnelly, Variety, 21 June 2022 Fortunately, the Celtics didn’t tune out their rookie head coach. Tom Westerholm, BostonGlobe.com, 2 June 2022 Nichols, recently retired from teaching at the Naval War College, called that precisely the sort of talk Biden must tune out. John Harwood, CNN, 27 Mar. 2022 The organization’s pitch was persuasive: Social science research shows that people tune out the psychologically unmanageable doom-and-gloom messages of the climate movement. Liza Featherstone, The New Republic, 24 Feb. 2022 See More