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noun

ˈlȯft

as in attic

a room or unfinished space directly beneath the roof of a building the cottage has two bedrooms on the ground floor and a second-floor loft that could be converted into a third one

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verb

as in to throw

to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm he lofted the ball down the center of the field toward a receiver

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Noun

Keith McNally should get some credit for the bathtub in the middle of Nick Poe’s 1,500-square-foot loft on the Lower East Side. —

Wendy Goodman, Curbed, 4 Apr. 2026 At one point, he was said to maintain a low-profile loft-style condo in Birmingham, just outside Detroit, though details are predictably scarce. —

Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 3 Apr. 2026

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Schanuel, who grounded into a double play with runners on first and third to end the eighth, lofted a fly ball to left fielder Randy Arozarena, whose throw home was off line. —

ABC News, 5 Apr. 2026 Then, in December of that year, the United States attempted to loft its first satellite, a tiny craft called Vanguard Test Vehicle 3. —

Mike Wall, Space.com, 4 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for loft

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In this way, Bert and his wife Hiroko’s entire home, traditional Japanese farmhouse and the unique art that fills basements and attics exists in defiance of commercialism.

— Michael James Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2026
Ben Von Bargen said in 2014 the fire started toward the rear of the second floor, and got into the walls and spread to the third floor and the attic.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 12 Apr. 2026