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Recent Examples of attic
Keith Flanagan, Architectural Digest, 6 Feb. 2026
Ratia recommends adding more insulation to your attic, increasing attic ventilation, and installing heat ropes in your gutters.
—Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Feb. 2026
The water then builds up, finds its way under the shingles and any cracks, back into the attic and then through the ceiling.
—Mamie Bah, CBS News, 3 Feb. 2026
Flames quickly spread into the attic, turning what appeared to be a small flare-up into a major fire.
—Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 2 Feb. 2026
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Noun
Now the leaky attic, once dominated by white sheetrock, is something of a magical escape.
—Keith Flanagan, Architectural Digest, 6 Feb. 2026
Ratia recommends adding more insulation to your attic, increasing attic ventilation, and installing heat ropes in your gutters.
—Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Feb. 2026
The water then builds up, finds its way under the shingles and any cracks, back into the attic and then through the ceiling.
—Mamie Bah, CBS News, 3 Feb. 2026
Flames quickly spread into the attic, turning what appeared to be a small flare-up into a major fire.
—Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 2 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for attic
Noun
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Buyers can also opt for a floorplan with a loft or bonus room.—
Samantha Gowen,
Oc Register,
5 Feb. 2026
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Clark added a deck accessible from the loft/office area, offering views of Lynn Family Stadium and the Big Four Bridge.—
Lennie Omalza,
Louisville Courier Journal,
5 Feb. 2026
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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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
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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
Adjective
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The duet is unabashedly sappy, its lyrics full of period-perfect, flowery Medieval revivalism tropes.—
Rebecca Alter,
Vulture,
31 Jan. 2026
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The latter is breezier, decked out in caramel shades with geometric lights and flowery furniture.—
Laura Goulden,
Condé Nast Traveler,
12 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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High school coaches are now guiding their young players to start looking at smaller colleges instead of having grandiose dreams of joining the big-time programs right away.—
Chris Hays,
The Orlando Sentinel,
3 Feb. 2026
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In mid-August, the Governor’s official X account began mocking the President in his own addled, grandiose, all-caps style.—
Nathan Heller,
New Yorker,
1 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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With Raffles, Wanders has created a property that oozes a quiet, cultured elegance that mirrors the city’s erudite aspirations.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
28 Jan. 2026
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The health secretary, who turned 72 this month and celebrated with a hefty steak, pairs the diet with foods that are fermented, typically meaning they are soaked, salted or cultured to let natural bacteria or yeast break down sugars over time.—
Deirdre Bardolf,
FOXNews.com,
24 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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There’s folks that tend to be more florid and folks that are more Hemingway-esque.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
24 Dec. 2025
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Neolithic art in Orkney tends to be angular and abstract—less florid than the spirals seen in Irish tombs.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
24 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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In return, partners would be recognized through tasteful plaques, signage and honors throughout the park, celebrating civic leadership rather than hiding revenue collection behind parking meters.—
Shane Harris,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Feb. 2026
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While Oxford colleges are not five-star hotels, my room was tasteful, comfortable, and spacious.—
Richard Godwin,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Feb. 2026
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“Attic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/attic. Accessed 10 Feb. 2026.
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