as in to hang (around or out)
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Recent Examples of zone out
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.
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Krista Simmons, Sunset Magazine, 13 Sep. 2024
Watching 30 minutes of PBS Kids is not the same as mindlessly tuning in and zoning out to whatever YouTube’s algorithms randomly offer up.
—Jennifer Jolly, USA TODAY, 15 July 2024
Lee often zones out in scenes, even when other people are talking to her.
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 July 2024
Plug in, zone out, leave that body of yours that’s folded uncomfortably into an economy seat.
—Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 July 2024
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Krista Simmons, Sunset Magazine, 13 Sep. 2024
Watching 30 minutes of PBS Kids is not the same as mindlessly tuning in and zoning out to whatever YouTube’s algorithms randomly offer up.
—Jennifer Jolly, USA TODAY, 15 July 2024
Lee often zones out in scenes, even when other people are talking to her.
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 July 2024
Plug in, zone out, leave that body of yours that’s folded uncomfortably into an economy seat.
—Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for zone out
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More complexes have sprung up in Brewers Hill since then, as the biggest apartment construction boom in decades appears to wind down.Dan Belson, Baltimore Sun, 26 Nov. 2024
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Though the massive, year-long promotional push for Wicked has mostly wound down now that the first part of director Jon M. Chu’s big screen Broadway musical adaptation has hit theaters, co-star Ariana Grande is not quite done attending screenings.Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 26 Nov. 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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From the Yankees’ point of view, Aaron Judge went from hero to superhero to bum all within five innings.Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2024
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Sorry to bum you out, but that’s not gonna happen anymore.Nate Jones, Vulture, 9 Nov. 2024
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But perhaps most important, Out of Sight is where Clooney learned to loosen up on-camera, shedding the stiff self-consciousness that hampered his previous film performances.Will Leitch, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2024
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Buffalo’s unwillingness to loosen up the purse strings has had a profound negative effect on how confident the team’s fans currently feel, putting the Sabres’ vision rightfully in question.Dom Luszczyszyn, The Athletic, 6 Aug. 2024
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In a post on her Instagram Stories on Wednesday, Sept. 25, the Kansas City Current co-owner, 28, shared a photo of her husband Patrick Mahomes and their son Bronze, 21 months, chilling out on a couch.Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 26 Sep. 2024
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Something a little dangerous was happening—Vance was accusing his opponents of wanting to kill Trump, in the guise of telling them to chill out.Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
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Advertisement The contract’s ratification on the eve of election day clears the way for a major U.S. manufacturer and government contractor to restart Pacific Northwest assembly lines that the factory worker walkouts had idled for 53 days.David Koenig, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
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Ford is idling its F-150 Lightning truck plant from mid-November through the end of 2024, the Detroit Press and other outlets reported last month.Bill Koenig, Forbes, 5 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 1 Dec. 2024.
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