: one or more flights of stairs usually with landings to pass from one level to another
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Work areas are connected by zigzagging stairways, less steep than normal flights, to encourage scientists to saunter from level to level rather than take elevators.
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Fred A. Bernstein, New York Times, 12 June 2024
DeJesus’ body was found amid the rubble of the third-floor porch and stairway that collapsed as the fire raged in the early morning hours of Jan. 16, 2022.
—Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 10 June 2024
The days of his gratuitous gimmick home run calls, (Sterling’s stairway to fame and entrée to becoming a one trick pony), are over.
—Bob Raissman, New York Daily News, 20 Apr. 2024
There’s no physical divider between them, aside from a stairway leading ominously up to a floor above them, which is split in two.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 12 Feb. 2024
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Fred A. Bernstein, New York Times, 12 June 2024
DeJesus’ body was found amid the rubble of the third-floor porch and stairway that collapsed as the fire raged in the early morning hours of Jan. 16, 2022.
—Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 10 June 2024
The days of his gratuitous gimmick home run calls, (Sterling’s stairway to fame and entrée to becoming a one trick pony), are over.
—Bob Raissman, New York Daily News, 20 Apr. 2024
There’s no physical divider between them, aside from a stairway leading ominously up to a floor above them, which is split in two.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 12 Feb. 2024
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“Stairway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stairway. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.
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stairway
noun
stair·way
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: one or more flights of stairs usually with landings to pass from one level to another
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