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canned music

NOUN
piped music
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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

Since its launch in 2007, the Berlin-based online music service has allowed pretty much any audio to be uploaded to its cloud — from Kanye West outtakes to teenagers singing over canned music.

From US News • Mar. 29, 2016

The "canned music" question, indeed, absorbed most of the time at the third hearing, in the stenographic report of which a combined index to the several hearings was printed.

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




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