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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

Grand archways and built-in aquariums line the living spaces, and the many amenities include a gym, game room, bar, elevator, music studio and plush movie theater with guitars strung along the walls.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2021

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

Different elevator music was playing since my last visit—that old disco song "Stayin’ Alive."

From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan


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