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attic

[at-ik] / ˈæt ɪk /
NOUN
space under the roof of a house
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The poems have been published in a collection called Poems from an Attic, which also includes a poem about her husband, historian Michael Foot.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026

While the work of their Attic cousins is celebrated for being high-minded and idealistic—all those ripped bodies, gods and goddesses—theirs, with its focus on everyday individuals and events, can be seen as prosaic.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 22, 2025

What a moment for the baseball players at South Hills as they got some advice from Orel Hersisher on Dodgers Day at the Legends Attic in Claremont.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 23, 2024

Attic insulation may be low on your list of glamorous home improvements.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 13, 2023

The figure of 252,000 Egyptian “short” stades is closest to the true circumference of the earth; even the Attic stade would have gotten Eratosthenes within 15 percent.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro




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