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Recent Examples of attic
Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 24 May 2026
What one adult remembers as the toy of their youth is what another casually tossed into their attic and never gave a second thought.
—Heather Bien, Martha Stewart, 23 May 2026
This wasp builds tan paper nests containing several hundred workers in hollow trees, walls, and attics.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 23 May 2026
Clothes, photographs, furniture, collectibles, records, boxes in the attic, and the things nobody knows quite what to do with.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 23 May 2026
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Noun
Soderquist stood in the garage as his brother retrieved the Lincoln portrait from the attic.
—Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 24 May 2026
What one adult remembers as the toy of their youth is what another casually tossed into their attic and never gave a second thought.
—Heather Bien, Martha Stewart, 23 May 2026
This wasp builds tan paper nests containing several hundred workers in hollow trees, walls, and attics.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 23 May 2026
Clothes, photographs, furniture, collectibles, records, boxes in the attic, and the things nobody knows quite what to do with.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 23 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for attic
Noun
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The neighborhood is now a premier office market with rehabbed lofts and new skyscrapers, and where streets are often crowded with shoppers and diners.—
Brian J. Rogal,
Chicago Tribune,
11 June 2026
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When Rob Mango moved into a loft on Duane Street in 1977, his neighbors were Richard Serra and dairy-and-egg wholesalers with warehouse floors coated in yolks and grime.—
Matthew Sedacca,
Curbed,
10 June 2026
Adjective
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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
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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
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These sound particularly good in Morgan’s mouth, with his non-actory, declamatory way of speaking.—
Television Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Feb. 2026
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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
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Bailee Madison wears a gorgeous gown with flowery detailing at the CeraVe Global CerAwards on June 4 in Los Angeles.—
People Staff,
PEOPLE,
6 June 2026
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Her daughter is in a custom Dior pink flowery gown.—
Dalila Muata,
NBC news,
5 May 2026
Adjective
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For the 2026 edition, by far the biggest in the competition’s 96-year history, even that grandiose billing is nothing like bombastic enough.—
Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
11 June 2026
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For all of Control Resonant's slick presentation, the boss fight, which was just a giant floating head, felt one-note, with simple attack patterns that didn't really seem as grandiose as the situation demanded.—
Zackery Cuevas,
PC Magazine,
8 June 2026
Adjective
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Some butter is cultured by adding lactic acid bacteria.—
Rosemary Trout,
The Conversation,
10 June 2026
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The researchers also collected and cultured airborne microbes from the mummy’s storage chamber and from the room where the remains were handled.—
Mindy Weisberger,
CNN Money,
8 June 2026
Adjective
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Some critics’ squeamishness seems aimed at the act of invention itself, the florid dreaming in the face of reality.—
Katy Waldman,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
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And while much of what is now published in the country with the regime’s approval is indeed florid propaganda, outside of Russia the grand tradition of Russian literature is very much alive.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 May 2026
Adjective
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One tasteful choice is patterned aluminum trim to envelop the dash and doors, hand-engraved with a guilloche technique, similar to what’s employed on a high-end watch case.—
Lawrence Ulrich,
Robb Report,
12 June 2026
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Strapping’s product mix is equal parts practical and playful, from tasteful housewares to apparel and linens with sassy sayings.—
Sean Timberlake,
Sacbee.com,
12 June 2026
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“Attic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/attic. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.
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