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Recent Examples of Attic
Minyvonne Burke, NBC news, 24 Sep. 2025
Koch, the descendant of five generations of beer brewers, saw his beer journey begin in 1984 when his father gave him his great-great-grandfather's recipe for Louis Koch Lager, which was tucked away in his family's home attic in Cincinnati.
—Kaycee Sloan, Cincinnati Enquirer, 23 Sep. 2025
Investigators searched the home and found the bodies of three other infants in the attic in tote bags, wrapped in towels and inside plastic bags, police said.
—Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 23 Sep. 2025
Authorities later discovered additional remains in the attic.
—Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 22 Sep. 2025
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Adjective
Troopers with the Pennsylvania State Police found two totes in an attic that contained the remains of three babies, the affidavit says.
—Minyvonne Burke, NBC news, 24 Sep. 2025
Koch, the descendant of five generations of beer brewers, saw his beer journey begin in 1984 when his father gave him his great-great-grandfather's recipe for Louis Koch Lager, which was tucked away in his family's home attic in Cincinnati.
—Kaycee Sloan, Cincinnati Enquirer, 23 Sep. 2025
Investigators searched the home and found the bodies of three other infants in the attic in tote bags, wrapped in towels and inside plastic bags, police said.
—Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 23 Sep. 2025
Authorities later discovered additional remains in the attic.
—Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 22 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for Attic
Noun
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The loft is one of 22 live-work spaces with downstairs levels permitted for retail use.—
Sandra Barrera,
Oc Register,
27 Sep. 2025
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The planned units will be complemented by loft-style apartments on the building’s top floor.—
Matthew Geiger,
Denver Post,
25 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The Dallas area was a hotbed of competitive debate, and, at first, the oratorical polish of Kuang’s teammates was intimidating.—
Hua Hsu,
New Yorker,
18 Aug. 2025
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Chicago-based like the Jacksons — the play originated at the Steppenwolf Theater Company in that city — they, too, are headed by an oratorical pastor who, in his youth, worked closely with the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.—
Jesse Green,
New York Times,
18 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Yet the power in these two performances isn’t supplemented by much texture in the stern, declamatory writing: There’s little sense of how this relationship functions, or once functioned, outside these particularly fraught scenes.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
9 Aug. 2025
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The music is stark, declamatory, and ironic in its use of gentler major-key harmonies for some of the darkest lines.—
Alex Ross,
The New Yorker,
3 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Festival highlights include the giant mum arch and other flowery displays–perfect for photos–as well as the sheer variety of shopping from more than 300 vendors.—
Melinda Salchert,
Southern Living,
23 Sep. 2025
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From the courtroom to morning TV with Gayle King, Cardi B seems almost pathologically incapable of piling on all that flowery pretense.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
22 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Narcissists are known for being abusive, grandiose and entitled.—
Charles Trepany,
USA Today,
25 Sep. 2025
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Callis was set to unveil his latest painting, but Cassidy destroyed the artwork to make his own grandiose entrance.—
Fernando Quiles Jr,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Bahrain fiercely guards its reputation for natural pearls, having banned the production of cultured versions in 1928, soon after they’d been devised by Kokichi Mikimoto.—
Mark Ellwood,
Robb Report,
20 Sep. 2025
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Her men friends were mostly elderly cultured people, who admired her elegance and asked no more than the pleasure of her company.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Schnabel has already introduced his most florid gambit: flashbacks to Dante Alighieri, who is played by Isaac with a morose Shakespearean flourish.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
3 Sep. 2025
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There’s no florid wallpaper and no nostalgic oil paintings.—
Adriane Quinlan,
Curbed,
31 July 2025
Adjective
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Their commitment to setting a new standard for facial plastic surgery has drawn tasteful clients from not only all over Florida, but around the globe.—
Matt Emma,
USA Today,
23 Sep. 2025
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From deciding how to decorate your house with frightfully tasteful touches to picking out the best candy, there’s plenty to do before October 31.—
Ella Cerón,
Parents,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Attic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Attic. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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