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loft

[lawft, loft] / lɔft, lɒft /
NOUN
room on upper floor
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It went from the loft to the club to the mega bar, and now it has gone to the arena.

From Salon Sep. 6, 2026

The property is also fully equipped as an equestrian facility, boasting a 3,800-square-foot horse barn, with eight stalls, a tack room, and a hay loft.

From MarketWatch Jul. 21, 2026

She commonly sees kitchens where infrequently used gadgets take up "prime real estate"; things which could be stored in drawers, cupboards or even the loft, if it's something really gathering dust.

From BBC Jun. 28, 2026

By then, we lived in a rundown Manhattan loft.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 23, 2026

She slept in the narrow loft space of her parents’ house, and ordinarily it was too drafty and cold, but tonight she could scarcely breathe.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

Rec centers were revamped with climbing walls and lazy rivers; dorms gave way to apartment lofts with expansive lounges; campus coffee bars were established with national brands.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

But fear not, Apex isn’t just hanging out in one of Griffin’s lofts, overseeing his nightly buffet of caviar and gold-leafed Pringles.

From Slate Dec. 13, 2024

Stewart is wont to drop deep knowledge, whether he’s pointing out the sites of bygone jazz lofts in NoHo or spontaneously unpacking a Ravel score at the New School, where he is an adjunct professor.

From New York Times Apr. 29, 2024

Many of the restaurants and bars that once attracted the affluent residents of the refurbished lofts that regularly opened in the early 2010s have closed.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 27, 2024

Counting houses, shops, stores, sail lofts, and one great ship after another, home again after their voyaging, content as cows waiting to be milked.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes

A significant expense would be the launch itself: The system would require 838,000 pounds of ionizable material—lithium, barium or sodium—to be lofted to an altitude of 22,000 miles above Earth’s surface.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

After receiving a warning for a time violation, a frustrated Muchova lofted a backhand beyond the baseline and gifted Gauff the first match point.

From BBC Jul. 9, 2026

Rowbottom and Lindsey work side by side from adjoining desks in their lofted home office, a French bulldog named Jammy snoring between them.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 1, 2026

“This meticulously restored Victorian delivers the ultimate Hamptons lifestyle: a luxuriously appointed main residence, a lofted studio, and resort-like grounds with a heated gunite pool.”

From MarketWatch Apr. 8, 2026

She lofted her hair out neatly behind her and let it spread against her back to catch the sun.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson

His first remains one of the showpiece's all-time great goals, taking the ball on his chest and lofting it over a defender before volleying into the bottom corner.

From BBC Jul. 17, 2026

Touted for years by Musk as the key to taking humans to Mars, SpaceX is now looking to show that Starship can work, including by lofting the company’s own satellites into orbit.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 4, 2026

Oviedo gave away a poor second goal after 57 minutes, with Raphinha running on to an undercooked back-pass from David Costas and lofting the ball over Oviedo goalkeeper Aaron Escandell.

From Barron's Jan. 25, 2026

What about Teoscar Hernández lofting a three-run homer over the wall in right-center field to silence the notoriously hostile crowd at Citizens Bank Park?

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 4, 2025

There are driving irons and lofting irons according to the purposes for which they are intended.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" by Various




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