: one or more flights of stairs usually with landings to pass from one level to another
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One of the darkest areas in the whole house is the stairway—there are no windows, and a fun little quirk from the previous homeowners: there is no overhead lighting.
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Brandi Fuller, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Oct. 2024
Just around the corner from the Iron Horse, the pounding floods tore off the southeast corner of the Spring Creek Tavern on Bridge Street, exposing the stairway inside.
—Chris Kenning, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2024
Take the stairway to the beach off Sea Ridge across from Linda Way.
—Dakota Kim, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024
Today, Claude frequents the basement and stairways.
—Roger Naylor and Scott Craven, The Arizona Republic, 18 Oct. 2024
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Brandi Fuller, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Oct. 2024
Just around the corner from the Iron Horse, the pounding floods tore off the southeast corner of the Spring Creek Tavern on Bridge Street, exposing the stairway inside.
—Chris Kenning, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2024
Take the stairway to the beach off Sea Ridge across from Linda Way.
—Dakota Kim, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024
Today, Claude frequents the basement and stairways.
—Roger Naylor and Scott Craven, The Arizona Republic, 18 Oct. 2024
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“Stairway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stairway. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.
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stairway
noun
stair·way
-ˌwā 
: one or more flights of stairs usually with landings to pass from one level to another
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