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as in loft
a room or unfinished space directly beneath the roof of a building rented the attic out to a college student

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adjective

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Recent Examples of attic
Noun
Regardless, try to store garland in a part of your home that doesn't freeze or overheat—the attic or basement can work well for this. Rabekah Henderson, Southern Living, 30 Dec. 2024 This can be part of an attic or basement, an empty bay in your garage, a room, a closet — even the space under your bed. Kathy Kristof, Contributor, CNBC, 14 Dec. 2024
Adjective
When not in his room, Green headed upstairs to The Attic restaurant where there’s a specialty gin cocktail called the Dale Cooper. Partner Content, Variety, 16 Jan. 2024 Rain, who formed and performed in a band called Aleka's Attic with River, also honored her late brother through art. Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 31 Oct. 2023 See all Example Sentences for attic 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for attic
Noun
  • That evening, Gibbs got his hot soak in the bathroom of Scheck’s loft in the DUMBO neighborhood of Brooklyn.
    Lizz Schumer, People.com, 29 Dec. 2024
  • The first two lofts Choey purchased consist of units 201 and 202.
    Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 14 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Not merely because of his superior oratorical pizazz but also his remarkable style.
    Julian Randall, Essence, 4 Dec. 2024
  • Yes, but: Some Democrats argue that the debate will be less of a referendum on oratorical skill and more of a clash of two different styles and worldviews.
    Andrew Solender, Axios, 1 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • Such would-be scientific treatises in fact functioned more like manifestos, and decisively influenced Eliot and Ezra Pound’s generation to favor a poetics of the objective sensuous image over one of the dramatic declamatory mood.
    Benjamin Kunkel, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
  • But there’s nothing boring in Coppola’s realization of this culminating drama, and none in Driver’s declamatory enthusiasm.
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2024
Adjective
  • Boots in the boudoir Spring/summer 2025 is going to be full of flowery feminine prints and floaty blouses and skirts if the Paris runway shows that end Tuesday are anything to go by.
    Jason Ma, Fortune Europe, 1 Oct. 2024
  • The album had a flowery psychedelic cover and was widely advertised in New York and California.
    James R. Hagerty, WSJ, 27 Jan. 2023
Adjective
  • And then there is Trump himself, who has grandiose ideas of his own, such as taking back control of the Panama Canal, levying tariffs on Mexico and Canada, purchasing Greenland, and getting countries in the region to accept U.S. deportees whose home countries have repeatedly refused to take them.
    Michael Wilner, Miami Herald, 14 Jan. 2025
  • Over-indexing on strategy may lead to grandiose ambitions that wilt without the tactical discipline, metrics, and incentives that drive performance.
    Mark Nevins, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Nico Paz Nico Paz is the cultured attacking midfield player currently pulling the strings for Como 1907 in Italy.
    Joseph O'Sullivan, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
  • Incorporation of photosynthetically active algal chloroplasts in cultured mammalian cells towards photosynthesis in animals.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • But sentimentality suits Flanagan, whose florid writing style is well matched by the high-concept ideas explored here.
    Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 1 Jan. 2025
  • The reminiscence, complete with florid flashbacks, will become important later, but the movie’s narrative engine doesn’t start humming until Martha returns to her gorgeous Manhattan apartment and the two women try to resume their old rapport.
    Tim Grierson, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • This example sports a tasteful Nardo Gray exterior over a black leather interior whose seats feature red stitching and Audi’s signature geometric patterned inserts.
    Christian Gilbertsen, Robb Report, 8 Jan. 2025
  • In fact, nearly half of the most viral red carpet moments of 2024 include tasteful nudity in some form.
    Rosana Lai, Glamour, 30 Dec. 2024

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“Attic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/attic. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.

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