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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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as in oratorical

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Recent Examples of attic

Noun

My gran growing up had a clothing shop, so there were lots of old sewing machines in the attic. — Lilyanna D'amato, ARTnews.com, 22 July 2026 Growing up, Tanner Dane and his best-friends-turned-bandmates used to spend hours and hours jamming in his Elgin attic. — Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 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

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Noun

That’s resulted in a slew of new restaurants, shops, startup offices, residential lofts and other gathering spaces.

— AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 31 July 2026
The black frames reference the steel hood, tying the room’s industrial notes back to the loft’s original character as a factory.

— R. Daniel Foster, Forbes.com, 31 July 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

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 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

Definition of declamatory

Adjective

The necklace is made up of 178 diamonds totaling about 52 carats and another seven South Sea cultured pearls.

— Marta Martínez Tato, Vanity Fair, 23 July 2026
The collapse of the Gulf pearling industry — which began in the late 1920s on the arrival of cheaper Japanese cultured pearls — brought widespread poverty to the region, until the discovery of oil shortly after.

— Kelsey Warner, semafor.com, 15 July 2026

Definition of cultured

Adjective

Indeed, the underwriters used some uncharacteristically florid language in lauding SpaceX’s prospects.

— Shawn Tully, Fortune, 18 July 2026
But there’s a savvy 2026 vibe about the way the film refuses to create florid melodrama out of quotidian crisis, and instead observes with generosity as the characters grope awkwardly toward emotional détente and mutual forgiveness.

— Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 8 July 2026

Definition of florid

Adjective

Because dependency, when presented with good lighting and a tasteful logo, can look exactly like progress.

— Edward Morris, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
Restaurateur Franco Pierre Weber has a tasteful card on each table thanking patrons for not wearing gym attire, bathing suits, T-shirts and baseball hats.

— Richard Johnson, New York Daily News, 26 July 2026

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