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Muzak

American

[myoo-zak] / ˈmju zæk /

Trademark.

recorded background music transmitted by radio, telephone, or satellite to built-in sets in offices, restaurants, waiting rooms, etc.

Muzak British

/ ˈmjuːzæk /

noun

recorded light music played in shops, restaurants, factories, etc, to entertain, increase sales or production, etc

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Muzak

It is the roads, the cars, the Muzak in the elevators.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2025

By day, birdsong is as omnipresent as Muzak at a mall; frogs serenade the night.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2024

It is the elevator music, the Muzak, of potato dishes.

From Salon ● May 9, 2024

In 1957, the Tropicana opened as the most lavish hotel and casino in Las Vegas, with a cascading 60-foot fountain and shimmering pool that piped Muzak underwater.

From New York Times ● Jun. 19, 2023

If you ask me, it’s just a mall but with shinier doorknobs, marblier floors, fancier stores, and a real piano player instead of prerecorded Muzak.

From "Shine!" by J.J. and Chris Grabenstein

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