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loft

[lawft, loft] / lɔft, lɒft /
NOUN
room on upper floor
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“It was obvious that the record was going to be about that,” said Dailor, sitting with the others in an upstairs loft at the Hollywood offices of the band’s label, Loma Vista.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

His incredible work went largely unreported for nearly 50 years - until his wife found a scrapbook in their loft, which contained names of the 669 children, who were mostly Jewish, that he had rescued.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

Ben Ganz and India Ennenga, a newly married product designer and writer, are starting their next chapter in a Manhattan loft that he has redesigned as a live-work space.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

Among them was Cameron’s upstairs work loft, where Alix ripped out the carpet before adding dark gray textured walls, wood flooring, custom black shelving, weathered-looking light fixtures, and a large glass table.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026

In the loft that night, Dallas and Florida added two sweet rolls and two apples to their stash beneath a loosened floorboard.

From "Ruby Holler" by Sharon Creech

Then go back to looking at those beachfront condos with beautiful views and trendy historic lofts, all the while dreaming about your future adventures.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

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

Pipes in lofts are also prone to problems so could benefit from having their own insulation "duvet" to stop thaw-related challenges.

From BBC ● Jan. 4, 2026

Davis took this approach in the three-story atrium of his Calle del Sierra Residence in Stinson Beach, which is visually connected on all levels, showcasing exposed timber trusses and open lofts reachable via intricate ladders.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2025

Here on Long Wharf, merchants’ counting houses were closed and shuttered, sail lofts deserted, the riggers and porters stood idle.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes

And on third down, Lonergan lofted a pass to star receiver KJ Duff, who caught it over cornerback Jontez Williams and still managed to get a foot down for an 11-yard score.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026

After the early loss of Phil Salt, Brook carted Prince Yadav for two consecutive mighty leg-side sixes and followed with a trademark lofted cover drive into the stands off Axar.

From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026

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

Their first six wickets were all lofted catches, with Ishan Kishan, Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma and Washington Sundar also looping chances to waiting fielders as India continued to struggle against the short ball.

From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026

I grabbed the glove and lofted it into the trash without comment.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover

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

The foamy waves behind them form a cloudlike backdrop, with Medina lofting his right index finger high above his head.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2024

Powerful monsoon winds, strengthened by a warming climate, are lofting unexpectedly large quantities of ozone-depleting substances high into the atmosphere over East Asia, new research shows.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 23, 2024

He picked them clean from the turf, lofting them with that back-spin which causes them to drop almost dead.

From John Henry Smith A Humorous Romance of Outdoor Life by Frederick Upham Adams


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