attic

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We’d moved out from Brooklyn into a little house—two bedrooms downstairs and two in the unfinished attic if you could finish it.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

Not only was he not making money, he was probably losing money, as the cost of living eroded his savings like moths eating clothes stored in the attic.

From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026

The battered wooden trunk had been in the family for a century -- shifted from attic to barn to garage as it was handed down through the generations.

From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026

Crews are responding to a fire in the attic of the Magic Castle, the iconic Hollywood event venue and world-famous home of the Academy of Magical Arts.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

“Tigers? What nonsense. Go back to your books and globes and whatnots, what? The attic is no place for singing.”

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood