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One of Blake’s disciples was a young Welsh writer who arrived in London in the 1880s and took a job trawling through a garret full of old occult books, writing descriptions for a publisher’s catalogue.
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Hari Kunzru, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
Gives himself entirely to the race, shoots like a phantom up through the opening and then stands panting in the garret, completely motionless, while his eyes become accustomed to the change of light.
—Literary Hub, 10 Nov. 2025
Balzac’s Paris: The City as Human Comedy by Eric Hazan
As anyone who has spent time living in a Parisian garret will tell you, the romantic notion of it dies pretty quickly, especially during a sweltering summer or a teeth-chattering winter.
—Tobias Grey, airmail.news, 13 July 2024
For all those years her room was part of the architecture and geography of my being: a small attic with a garret window, poorly lit, hot in the summer.
—Édouard Louis, Harper's Magazine, 2 Feb. 2024
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Hari Kunzru, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
Gives himself entirely to the race, shoots like a phantom up through the opening and then stands panting in the garret, completely motionless, while his eyes become accustomed to the change of light.
—Literary Hub, 10 Nov. 2025
Balzac’s Paris: The City as Human Comedy by Eric Hazan
As anyone who has spent time living in a Parisian garret will tell you, the romantic notion of it dies pretty quickly, especially during a sweltering summer or a teeth-chattering winter.
—Tobias Grey, airmail.news, 13 July 2024
For all those years her room was part of the architecture and geography of my being: a small attic with a garret window, poorly lit, hot in the summer.
—Édouard Louis, Harper's Magazine, 2 Feb. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for garret
Noun
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Rooms The hotel’s 73 loft-like rooms and suites are a masterclass in quiet luxury.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
25 Mar. 2026
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Since there's no loft bedroom space, the owner could outfit it with a sofa bed, or even a day bed instead, like the Little Lodge and Ambra.—
Adam Williams
March 24,
New Atlas,
24 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Somewhere in your parents’ attic, there’s a plastic bin full of them with the tags still attached, waiting to fund a retirement that will never come.—
Ryan Brennan
March 20,
Miami Herald,
20 Mar. 2026
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If the attic reveals the home’s past, the new wing steps subtly out of its way.—
Leonora Epstein,
Architectural Digest,
19 Mar. 2026
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“Garret.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/garret. Accessed 29 Mar. 2026.
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