: one or more flights of stairs usually with landings to pass from one level to another
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Having a non-diverse management or C-suite team is a stairway to brand obliteration.
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Sheilla Mamona, refinery29.com, 18 Feb. 2025
First, there's the dungeon itself, which features a sequence of stairways that appear just steps from each other, forming a quick and enemy-free path down to the dungeon's deeper levels.
—Ars Technica, 15 Feb. 2025
Five times a day, a muezzin would climb nearly 150 feet in the tower’s spiral stairway to sing the call to prayer.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Feb. 2025
Investigators found blood stains throughout the home, including on a recliner, pillows, walls and a stairway leading to the basement, according to court records, WRTV reported.
—Jennifer Rodriguez, Kansas City Star, 23 Jan. 2025
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Sheilla Mamona, refinery29.com, 18 Feb. 2025
First, there's the dungeon itself, which features a sequence of stairways that appear just steps from each other, forming a quick and enemy-free path down to the dungeon's deeper levels.
—Ars Technica, 15 Feb. 2025
Five times a day, a muezzin would climb nearly 150 feet in the tower’s spiral stairway to sing the call to prayer.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Feb. 2025
Investigators found blood stains throughout the home, including on a recliner, pillows, walls and a stairway leading to the basement, according to court records, WRTV reported.
—Jennifer Rodriguez, Kansas City Star, 23 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for stairway
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“Stairway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stairway. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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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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