canned music
Example Sentences
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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
The last I saw of her she was wading through a sea of mud, in rubber boots and a rubber coat and a sou'wester, to carry her "canned music" to the men on the firing-line.
From Italy at War and the Allies in the West by Powell, E. Alexander (Edward Alexander)
