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Recent Examples of attic
Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 22 Jan. 2025
Here, as in so many tradeoffs, one effort to do good conflicts with another: Contractors have been more careful over the years to make sure moisture doesn't build up in attics by making sure air circulates, using those vents that are visible on many roofs or under eaves.
—CBS News, 20 Jan. 2025
Partner Content, Variety, 16 Jan. 2024
Rain, who formed and performed in a band called Aleka's Attic with River, also honored her late brother through art.
—Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 31 Oct. 2023
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Noun
Photo: Hayley Ellen Day A playroom takes up about half of a massive former attic that’s lit by skylights.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 22 Jan. 2025
Here, as in so many tradeoffs, one effort to do good conflicts with another: Contractors have been more careful over the years to make sure moisture doesn't build up in attics by making sure air circulates, using those vents that are visible on many roofs or under eaves.
—CBS News, 20 Jan. 2025
Adjective
When not in his room, Green headed upstairs to The Attic restaurant where there’s a specialty gin cocktail called the Dale Cooper.
—Partner Content, Variety, 16 Jan. 2024
Rain, who formed and performed in a band called Aleka's Attic with River, also honored her late brother through art.
—Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 31 Oct. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for attic
Noun
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Our host at an Airbnb loft on a Highland cattle ranch ($120 a night) near Fairfield informed us that Soldier operates Thursdays through Sundays.—
Elaine Glusac,
New York Times,
18 Feb. 2025
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There was a thick old fire hose in the loft that Joyce had installed for Ricks.—
Stephen Rodrick,
Rolling Stone,
13 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Not merely because of his superior oratorical pizazz but also his remarkable style.—
Julian Randall,
Essence,
4 Dec. 2024
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Yes, but: Some Democrats argue that the debate will be less of a referendum on oratorical skill and more of a clash of two different styles and worldviews.—
Andrew Solender,
Axios,
1 Oct. 2024
Adjective
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The music is stark, declamatory, and ironic in its use of gentler major-key harmonies for some of the darkest lines.—
Alex Ross,
The New Yorker,
3 Feb. 2025
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Such would-be scientific treatises in fact functioned more like manifestos, and decisively influenced Eliot and Ezra Pound’s generation to favor a poetics of the objective sensuous image over one of the dramatic declamatory mood.—
Benjamin Kunkel,
The New Yorker,
9 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Boots in the boudoir Spring/summer 2025 is going to be full of flowery feminine prints and floaty blouses and skirts if the Paris runway shows that end Tuesday are anything to go by.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune Europe,
1 Oct. 2024
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The album had a flowery psychedelic cover and was widely advertised in New York and California.—
James R. Hagerty,
WSJ,
27 Jan. 2023
Adjective
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Not surprising, a chunk of this two-hour session focused on the grandiose Sky Club that capped this 22-story skyscraper – a high-end ballroom and restaurant that attracted local socialites as well as Chicago’s elite because of its sophisticated menu, live music, glitzy decor and ritzy ambiance.—
Denise Crosby,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Feb. 2025
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Trump’s proposal could be a negotiating tactic—a grandiose plan intended to be bargained down to something practical.—
Yair Rosenberg,
The Atlantic,
5 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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But when the rich and cultured Princess Casamassima befriends him, Hyacinth becomes enamored of her lifestyle.—
Max Chapnick,
The Conversation,
16 Jan. 2025
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Remember, buttermilk is already cultured and tangy, so a little age isn't a deal breaker.—
Sheri Castle,
Southern Living,
5 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Still, there’s great friction in this story line, because Bridger and Young’s dialogue is simultaneously so florid and pointed, and because the actors playing the Mormon baddies really gnaw on their villainy.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
9 Jan. 2025
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But sentimentality suits Flanagan, whose florid writing style is well matched by the high-concept ideas explored here.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
1 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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This notion is supported by a late scene where Tanya, while visiting Quentin’s tasteful island mansion, discovers a picture of what appears to be a young Greg and a young Quentin.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
16 Feb. 2025
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Knits were slouchy but perfectly contoured to a woman's body, jackets nipped at the waist and layered over A-line skirts and sporty trousers, fuzzy bag charms and belt charms unite, and tasteful pops of color highlight earthy tones.—
Alyssa Goldberg,
USA TODAY,
15 Feb. 2025
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“Attic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/attic. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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