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attic

[at-ik] / ˈæt ɪk /
NOUN
space under the roof of a house
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After a meditation in an attic, she sat down to an elaborate candlelit dinner and shared stories of her grief with strangers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026

The cards, all filed into bespoke Pokémon binders while still sealed, were stored in the attic after his son lost interest in the Japanese gaming and film franchise.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

He pours himself a cup of Yorkshire tea and walks up to the attic, just another human trying to figure out life in the age of AGI.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

Indeed, I had blocked out most memories of that 2004 Fox reality train wreck until Carr’s documentary reached into my mind’s cobwebby attic and retrieved its cabinet of horrors.

From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2026

Mutti tried to make him stay on his mattress up in the attic, but he was forever going missing.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo

Some Halloween-lovers spend thousands of dollars on props that fill their basements or attics for the rest of the year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

Larger homes, attics, basements, garages and spare bedrooms reduce the urgency to make choices.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

Lowry added that he believed there are thousands of these types of remains "in attics" around the UK, with "all sorts of people" also choosing to display them in their homes.

From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026

The reel was shrunken through age and frayed, but otherwise in remarkable condition for something stashed in sun-heated attics for years.

From Barron's ● Apr. 13, 2026

Secretly, in studies and attics and schoolrooms all over America, people must be writing.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath


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