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Recent Examples of attics
Crickets often find their way indoors by squeezing through small openings, especially in cluttered areas like garages, attics, and basements.
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Olivia McIntosh, Martha Stewart, 16 May 2026
Most have buried their concentration camp stories in attics and basements and trash cans and boxes.
—Literary Hub, 14 May 2026
Those improvements include pipe insulation, walls, attics, weather stripping doors and windows and installing storm windows to prevent future disasters.
—Tanya Babbar, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 May 2026
Risky locations can include garages, sheds, cabins, attics, barns and crawl spaces.
—Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 13 May 2026
The pandemic was good for eBay’s business for a time as more people stuck at home supplemented their income by selling items from their attics.
—Phil Wahba, Fortune, 4 May 2026
Block entry to voids or attics.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 2 May 2026
Allen now makes and sells Safe Soss (pronounced like sauce), which include carbon filters or guards for attics and vents, fiberglass heat-resistant ember-stopping tape and a spray fire retardant that can work from a garden hose, all of which recently became available at a major hardware chain.
—ABC News, 21 Apr. 2026
In this way, Bert and his wife Hiroko’s entire home, traditional Japanese farmhouse and the unique art that fills basements and attics exists in defiance of commercialism.
—Michael James Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2026
Olivia McIntosh, Martha Stewart, 16 May 2026
Most have buried their concentration camp stories in attics and basements and trash cans and boxes.
—Literary Hub, 14 May 2026
Those improvements include pipe insulation, walls, attics, weather stripping doors and windows and installing storm windows to prevent future disasters.
—Tanya Babbar, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 May 2026
Risky locations can include garages, sheds, cabins, attics, barns and crawl spaces.
—Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 13 May 2026
The pandemic was good for eBay’s business for a time as more people stuck at home supplemented their income by selling items from their attics.
—Phil Wahba, Fortune, 4 May 2026
Block entry to voids or attics.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 2 May 2026
Allen now makes and sells Safe Soss (pronounced like sauce), which include carbon filters or guards for attics and vents, fiberglass heat-resistant ember-stopping tape and a spray fire retardant that can work from a garden hose, all of which recently became available at a major hardware chain.
—ABC News, 21 Apr. 2026
In this way, Bert and his wife Hiroko’s entire home, traditional Japanese farmhouse and the unique art that fills basements and attics exists in defiance of commercialism.
—Michael James Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for attics
lofts
Noun
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The Ruby's two bedrooms are both lofts.—
Adam Williams
May 18,
New Atlas,
18 May 2026
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Think Bauhaus bones layered with contemporary art, Altbau apartments with soaring ceilings and unapologetically eclectic collections, lofts where raw concrete meets museum-worthy lighting, and homes where vintage collections coexist alongside emerging artists’ pieces.—
Bailey Berg,
Architectural Digest,
24 Apr. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Attics.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/attics. Accessed 25 May. 2026.
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