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Definition of atticnext
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
Besides holding the other candidates hostage in his attic until after the election, there’s probably nothing that could help him. Matt Fleming, Oc Register, 1 May 2026 The guest house has a full kitchen, living room, bedroom, full bathroom, basement and attic. Kaitlyn Keegan, Hartford Courant, 30 Apr. 2026 From the attic above their apartment, their Stasi man listens for evidence of subversion. Ellise Shafer, Variety, 29 Apr. 2026 The series begins in 1933 when Gies takes a job working for Frank and follows her through the outbreak of the war, the ordeal of occupation and the melancholy denouement that sees Otto emerge as the lone survivor from the attic. David Faris, TheWeek, 24 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for attic
Recent Examples of Synonyms for attic
Noun
  • Each of the casita units are two-story, 500 square-foot loft-style units with a kitchenette.
    Emily Holshouser, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 May 2026
  • Choose from properties like a spacious post-and-beam loft at Brithaven Farm or an oceanfront beach house with room for the whole family.
    Anna Laird Barto, Travel + Leisure, 13 May 2026
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
Adjective
  • These sound particularly good in Morgan’s mouth, with his non-actory, declamatory way of speaking.
    Television Critic, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2026
  • The cast features nonprofessional actors drawn from the area; their declamatory style of performance, along with Mateus’s hieratic images, endow the movie’s dramatic realism with the power of myth. 19.
    JUSTIN CHANG, New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2025
Adjective
  • Her daughter is in a custom Dior pink flowery gown.
    Dalila Muata, NBC news, 5 May 2026
  • With all of the film’s complicated theoretical physics and flowery musings about the power of love and time, going melodramatic could push the film into eyeroll territory.
    Chris Feil, Vulture, 1 May 2026
Adjective
  • The Mario series was maturing alongside the greater video-game landscape, but its childlike essence remained—not through docile cuteness, but through a more grandiose fusion of wonder, whimsy, and wistfulness.
    Billie Bugara, Pitchfork, 9 May 2026
  • Victory Day is one of the most important national holidays in modern Russia, featuring a grandiose parade to celebrate and commemorate its defeat of Hitler’s Wehrmacht in 1945.
    Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 8 May 2026
Adjective
  • The durable cultured marble top holds two ceramic undermount sinks.
    Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 28 Apr. 2026
  • In short, for the first time Tavira will be in the sights of the cultured, high-end traveler who at last has somewhere to lay their (well coiffured) head.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • The song, which Diamond wrote with Alan and Marilyn Bergman, laments the cooling of a romance in language as direct as the music is florid; the recording, as the story goes, came in response to a homemade edit by a radio programmer eager to hear the two stars sing together.
    Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2026
  • The desperate, contrary need to be different — to be florid — pulled me completely out of the story.
    Big Think, Big Think, 22 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • Wearing a tasteful, monk-like robe in muted camel, Grogu was ceremoniously carried to a waiting bank of red carpet photographers.
    Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 16 May 2026
  • Promote Without Preaching One tasteful way to navigate difficult moments is to focus on action instead of opinion.
    Claire Bahn, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026

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“Attic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/attic. Accessed 17 May. 2026.

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