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canned music

NOUN
piped music
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Viewers and listeners primarily hear canned music or see a screen that simply says “VOA will serve as a consistently reliable and authoritative source of news.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2025

“The energy that comes from live music versus canned music is really palpable, especially in a sports setting,” he said.

From Washington Post • May 11, 2022

From a few feet below you can see the creases of his jowls as he shouts above the canned music.

From The Guardian • Nov. 27, 2020

The canned music already included the song’s near-dog-whistle vocal flourish, which Ms. Carey no longer pretends to be able to deliver.

From New York Times • Jan. 1, 2017

This came to be known as the "canned music" fight, and arguments pro and con consumed the greater part of the hearings before the Committees on Patents.

From Copyright: Its History and Its Law by Bowker, Richard Rogers




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