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Family photos are displayed on every shelf and eclectic collections of music − from country music hits of the 1960s to Christmas carols − are stacked on the upright piano.
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Susan Page, USA TODAY, 20 June 2024
Dropping in for a dinner break from work along with another Sun reporter, Mr. Grover went over to an old upright piano in a side room.
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Frederick N. Rasmussen, Baltimore Sun, 5 Jan. 2024
Oher begins transforming from a football neophyte raised on the streets into an offensive lineman with the strength of Zeus, the nimbleness of Mikhail Baryshnikov and the size of an upright piano.
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Kurt Streeter, New York Times, 17 Aug. 2023
The second set opened with Keys in a gray version of her outfit sitting alone again at a transparent upright piano at the top of the staircase.
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cleveland, 16 July 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1805, in the meaning defined above
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“Upright piano.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/upright%20piano. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
Kids Definition
upright piano
noun
: a piano whose strings run vertically
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