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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Led in part by Yan Liu, PhD, an assistant professor at UMTC and the experiment’s Analysis Working Group Chair, the team designed new reconstruction algorithms capable of rapidly extracting rare signals from background noise.
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Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 18 Mar. 2026
The co-directors’ script is eventful enough, however, to keep their squabbling more as comedic background noise than an irksome dominant element.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 14 Mar. 2026
The alerts become background noise.
—Robert B. Shpiner, STAT, 13 Mar. 2026
Voices are generally loud and clear, but the phone sometimes struggles to filter out background noise, making conversations tricky to hear.
—Eric Zeman, PC Magazine, 13 Mar. 2026
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Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 18 Mar. 2026
The co-directors’ script is eventful enough, however, to keep their squabbling more as comedic background noise than an irksome dominant element.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 14 Mar. 2026
The alerts become background noise.
—Robert B. Shpiner, STAT, 13 Mar. 2026
Voices are generally loud and clear, but the phone sometimes struggles to filter out background noise, making conversations tricky to hear.
—Eric Zeman, PC Magazine, 13 Mar. 2026
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“Background noise.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/background%20noise. Accessed 24 Mar. 2026.
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