background noise

noun

: undesired sound that is heard in a radio broadcast, a tape recording, etc.

The recording had a lot of background noise.

Examples of background noise in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Yet most leaders treat context as background noise, something to endure rather than engineer. — Mary Crossan, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026

No matter what kind of background noise you’re immersed in, the AirPods Pro 3 dial back the ambient sound across all frequencies. — Kelsey Fogarty, PC Magazine, 14 Aug. 2026

By combining thousands of spectra collected over the mission, however, the team was able to tease the signal out of the background noise. — Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 4 Aug. 2026

Invest In Noise-Cancelling Headphones Like any public transportation, there can be a lot of background noise on a plane. — Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 26 July 2026

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