music box
noun
: a container enclosing an apparatus that reproduces music mechanically when activated by a clockwork
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That tension came to a head when the music box suddenly went missing from his room.
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Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
By the other stairs, the music box sat still.
—Blair Braverman, Outside, 28 Oct. 2025
Sedona’s version, built around a historic sycamore grove, includes 14 galleries, six jewelry stores and 22 specialty shops — home to functional Southwestern pottery, Italian wood inlay music boxes, New Age crystals, and more.
—New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
A couple renovating a 130-year-old home was delighted to discover a music box in the attic, although numerous commenters—drawing from various horror movies—joked that the couple was about to have bigger problems.
—Thomas Westerholm, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
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Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
By the other stairs, the music box sat still.
—Blair Braverman, Outside, 28 Oct. 2025
Sedona’s version, built around a historic sycamore grove, includes 14 galleries, six jewelry stores and 22 specialty shops — home to functional Southwestern pottery, Italian wood inlay music boxes, New Age crystals, and more.
—New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
A couple renovating a 130-year-old home was delighted to discover a music box in the attic, although numerous commenters—drawing from various horror movies—joked that the couple was about to have bigger problems.
—Thomas Westerholm, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
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“Music box.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/music%20box. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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