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attic

[at-ik] / ˈæt ɪk /
NOUN
space under the roof of a house
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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

But as an artist, you can also land top left, third level near to the attic.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 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

Then Gabi and I shift boxes across the room to Dad, and between us we spend the next half-hour emptying the attic.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler




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