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noun

ˈa-tik

Definition of attic

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

as in oratorical

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Recent Examples of attic

Noun

In 2009, decades after Price’s death, Omordia said that a collection of the composer’s manuscripts were discovered in the attic of her former summer home in Illinois, including unknown works. — Megan Fitzgerald, Miami Herald, 29 Oct. 2026 At Addams' colonial-style childhood home, a historic marker says his grandmother lived in the attic and is believed to be the inspiration for the fictional Grandmama Addams. — ABC News, 29 Oct. 2026

Adjective

Additionally, Hershiser’s Legends Attic memorabilia space in Claremont will move some of its stuff to a space located behind the home plate seats. — Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 16 Mar. 2026 Declutter Your Basement, Attic, and Garage Mice are most likely to inhabit spaces that don’t get much foot traffic, such as the basement, attic, or garage. — Michelle Mastro, Martha Stewart, 7 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for attic

Recent Examples of Synonyms for attic

Noun

The loft, recently revamped, is now filled with antiquities, chinoiserie, contemporary art and photography – part showroom and part apartment, complete with a tatami room.

— Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 5 Nov. 2026
This three-bedroom, three-bathroom loft combines two units into one and has a wraparound terrace with skyline views and professional landscaping, including 20 self-irrigating planters.

— Saleema Syed, Chicago Tribune, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of loft

Adjective

That wasn’t Newsom’s only oratorical slip-up, although the second one says more about the larger Democratic Party than anything else.

— Douglas Schoen, Oc Register, 26 Feb. 2026
With his height and his oratorical flourishes, Jackson was a charismatic figure who led protests in Greensboro.

— Johanna Neuman, Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2026

Definition of oratorical

Adjective

Indeed, the narrator is resigned to death—if not the declamatory death of her friend in the lecture hall, at least the fact of death happening elsewhere, on the global stage.

— Maya Binyam, New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2026
These sound particularly good in Morgan’s mouth, with his non-actory, declamatory way of speaking.

— Television Critic, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2026

Definition of declamatory

Adjective

The MemoMind One’s summaries were particularly strange and vague, with awkward and nonsensically arranged concepts strung together with flowery horoscope-like language.

— Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 28 Sep. 2026
Her flowery dress was the brightest thing in our corner of the car.

— Ledio Cakaj, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of flowery

Adjective

Rockefeller’s strict diet of both fresh and cultured milk, vegetables, and animals raised on his own land was written about in his later years.

— The Editors, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2026
Everything is impeccably curated and cultured, like a museum or gallery come to life.

— Tim Chan, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of cultured

Adjective

To follow any of this is to wade through a thicket of non-sequitur arguments, florid vocabulary and, in his latest twist, the Gospels.

— Luke Jones, Vanity Fair, 5 Nov. 2026
One day, someone came in from a meditation-retreat center in a state of florid psychosis.

— Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of florid

Adjective

Meaning, short of throwing him onstage as a hologram or doling out money-grabbing box sets, a tasteful collection with a brand with a real connection to his work is actually one of the better options that exist.

— Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 10 Nov. 2026
Its color and effects filters manage to be both tasteful and whimsical, which is not an easy line to walk.

— Jim Fisher, PC Magazine, 5 Nov. 2026

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