music box
noun
: a container enclosing an apparatus that reproduces music mechanically when activated by a clockwork
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The other stuff, from the ballerina to the locusts to the music box and the dreams to the geisha and now the lake monsters, that’s the second phase.
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Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026
That is all possible thanks to an intricate music box system at the heart of the JCAM62 caliber.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 8 Apr. 2026
Above this playful mess of a beat, which includes a music box-like instrument that sounds partially broken, Shabaka rips out brief and noisy phrases on tenor sax.
—Mark Richardson, Pitchfork, 12 Mar. 2026
In front of him, idolatrous Republican lawmakers popped up and down to applaud like clowns in wind-up music boxes of old.
—Jackie Calmes, Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2026
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Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026
That is all possible thanks to an intricate music box system at the heart of the JCAM62 caliber.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 8 Apr. 2026
Above this playful mess of a beat, which includes a music box-like instrument that sounds partially broken, Shabaka rips out brief and noisy phrases on tenor sax.
—Mark Richardson, Pitchfork, 12 Mar. 2026
In front of him, idolatrous Republican lawmakers popped up and down to applaud like clowns in wind-up music boxes of old.
—Jackie Calmes, Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2026
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“Music box.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/music%20box. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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