ambient noise
Britishnoun
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April Soto, 26, copes with her white-hot rage at life by chanting “dead inside” while listening to ambient noise through her Beats.
From Los Angeles Times
On a recent night out to the club, I was surrounded by people wearing ear protection—I saw several filtering earplugs, a few old-school foamies, and even some AirPods, as ANC headphones can be used to bring ambient noise down to safer levels.
From Slate
It said: "In addition, however, we are concerned that even moderate ambient noise – staff chatter, footsteps, laughter, and bar service activity – will be directly audible within the studio."
From BBC
As it is today, the system can have trouble with people’s accents and ambient noise, making it hard to recognize speech and translate it into text.
From Los Angeles Times
But no signs emerged of supporters objecting to the error, and the Garcia incident quickly became part of the ambient noise of a campaign that promises to get louder and uglier.
From Los Angeles Times
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