background noise
noun
: undesired sound that is heard in a radio broadcast, a tape recording, etc.
The recording had a lot of background noise.
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Some use them as sleep aids, relying on the steady audio to mask background noise and help the brain unwind.
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Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 30 Mar. 2026
How People Use the Videos For sleep, the recordings mask background noise and help the brain unwind.
—Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 30 Mar. 2026
These fleeting encounters, once dismissed as background noise, have now revealed new behavior in the strong nuclear force—the fundamental force that binds matter together.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 28 Mar. 2026
Many of the more subtle quakes, buried in background noise, were invisible to human eyes.
—Quanta Magazine, 27 Mar. 2026
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Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 30 Mar. 2026
How People Use the Videos For sleep, the recordings mask background noise and help the brain unwind.
—Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 30 Mar. 2026
These fleeting encounters, once dismissed as background noise, have now revealed new behavior in the strong nuclear force—the fundamental force that binds matter together.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 28 Mar. 2026
Many of the more subtle quakes, buried in background noise, were invisible to human eyes.
—Quanta Magazine, 27 Mar. 2026
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“Background noise.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/background%20noise. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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