split-level
adjective
split-lev·el
ˈsplit-ˈle-vəl 
: divided vertically so that the floor level of rooms in one part is approximately midway between the levels of two successive stories in an adjoining part
a split-level house
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The nonprofit’s headquarters overtakes their split-level home in Bowie, Md., which once served as a home office where the Benjamins would prepare patients for tummy-tucks and other procedures.
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Clarence Williams, Washington Post, 27 June 2024
Its gorgeous split-level interior includes marble, four corner towers, and a central courtyard.
—Christopher A. Daniel, Architectural Digest, 25 June 2024
In 2018, prosecutors say, Lodge began stealing body parts from the morgue and taking them home, in his orange Subaru that bore the license plate GRIM-R, to his tidy split-level in Goffstown, New Hampshire.
—Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 25 June 2024
Our split-level room added a touch of grandeur to the proceedings, with steps up to a huge and enveloping bed.
—Jamie Timson, The Week Uk, theweek, 22 Mar. 2024
An interior attack later launched was complicated by stairs that were compromised in the split-level home, according to fire officials.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 12 Feb. 2024
An agent, conducting surveillance near the couple’s modest, split-level house in Englewood Cliffs, N.J., snapped a photo of a Mercedes-Benz convertible parked out front, a court filing shows.
—Benjamin Weiser, New York Times, 12 May 2024
The hotel offers views of both the Arabian Desert sunrise and Downtown Dubai sunset from the split-level signature Marina Duplex Suite.
—Chrissie McClatchie, Travel + Leisure, 5 Mar. 2024
The split-level five-bedroom, one-bathroom home was listed for sale on Thursday at $245,000 with a simple exterior — brown and wooden garage with matching decorative window shutters — that belies next-level design choices inside.
—The Indianapolis Star, 26 Feb. 2024
Clarence Williams, Washington Post, 27 June 2024
Its gorgeous split-level interior includes marble, four corner towers, and a central courtyard.
—Christopher A. Daniel, Architectural Digest, 25 June 2024
In 2018, prosecutors say, Lodge began stealing body parts from the morgue and taking them home, in his orange Subaru that bore the license plate GRIM-R, to his tidy split-level in Goffstown, New Hampshire.
—Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 25 June 2024
Our split-level room added a touch of grandeur to the proceedings, with steps up to a huge and enveloping bed.
—Jamie Timson, The Week Uk, theweek, 22 Mar. 2024
An interior attack later launched was complicated by stairs that were compromised in the split-level home, according to fire officials.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 12 Feb. 2024
An agent, conducting surveillance near the couple’s modest, split-level house in Englewood Cliffs, N.J., snapped a photo of a Mercedes-Benz convertible parked out front, a court filing shows.
—Benjamin Weiser, New York Times, 12 May 2024
The hotel offers views of both the Arabian Desert sunrise and Downtown Dubai sunset from the split-level signature Marina Duplex Suite.
—Chrissie McClatchie, Travel + Leisure, 5 Mar. 2024
The split-level five-bedroom, one-bathroom home was listed for sale on Thursday at $245,000 with a simple exterior — brown and wooden garage with matching decorative window shutters — that belies next-level design choices inside.
—The Indianapolis Star, 26 Feb. 2024
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“Split-level.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/split-level. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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