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canned music

NOUN
piped music
Synonyms


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In 2002, its radio stations in Minot, N.D., aired canned music as a toxic cloud blanketed the community after a train transporting anhydrous ammonia for fertilizer derailed and exploded.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 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

When he disrupts the canned music at Starbucks to point out that Vermont has plenty of locally owned coffee shops, he signs off with, “Remember: small is kind of nice.”

From New York Times • Dec. 8, 2017

Speaking of canned music reminds me we have a small portable trench machine, which closes up like a valise, easily handled and carried about.

From “Crumps”, The Plain Story of a Canadian Who Went by Keene, Louis




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