background music
noun
: music to accompany the dialogue or action of a motion picture or radio or television drama
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But what the article highlighted were the numerous ways radio signals were being used that the average listener was likely not even aware of—for background music, for stock reports, even to transmit computerized data.
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IEEE Spectrum, 8 June 2021
Of course, background music wouldn’t be possible to pipe in while cameras were rolling, but that pin-drop-quiet dining room felt so eerie and sterile.
—Rachel Bernhard, Journal Sentinel, 9 May 2024
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IEEE Spectrum, 8 June 2021
Of course, background music wouldn’t be possible to pipe in while cameras were rolling, but that pin-drop-quiet dining room felt so eerie and sterile.
—Rachel Bernhard, Journal Sentinel, 9 May 2024
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“Background music.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/background%20music. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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