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elevator music

NOUN
piped in popular music
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Jefferson’s default prose is 18th-century elevator music, clear and tinkling.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 26, 2026

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

From Salon May 9, 2024

White House meetings with allies like Yoon might seem like the elevator music of foreign policy, predictable and preprogrammed.

From Washington Post Apr. 25, 2023

Before those were removed, I did listen, and they were neither karaoke nor Filipino pop; rather, they sounded like insipid elevator music.

From Slate May 10, 2021

He used to be a rap producer, but now he only listens to wack elevator music, because, he says, hip-hop is dead.

From "Booked" by Kwame Alexander




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