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noise masking

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noun

  1. the use of noise to cancel out another sound, as with a white noise machine.

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In-ear noise masking is more effective than regular white noise machines, and if you want to go a step further, you can program the device to wake you up, too.

From The Verge • Feb. 4, 2022

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