: one or more flights of stairs usually with landings to pass from one level to another
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The most coveted Record Store Day exclusives in the country may be culled from inside a cramped music shop accessed by a narrow cement stairway sandwiched between an Asian Spa and a storefront travel agency and perched above a pharmacy.
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Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 16 Apr. 2024
The two workers who died were more than 460 feet from the only stairway exit, one citation said.
—Ames Alexander, Charlotte Observer, 16 Apr. 2024
The videos, which have no sound, show the two making contact in front of the stairway doors, Mr. Sanchez slightly taller and considerably stockier.
—John Leland John Leland, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2024
The park offers beach volleyball, barbecue grills, restrooms, and a children's playground with a dune climb and stairway.
—Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 3 Apr. 2024
Midway down a wide outdoor stairway, Yuan Heng Spice Co. offers all manner of spices, including Sichuan peppercorns, cinnamon bark and aged citrus peels.
—Tiffany May, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Mar. 2024
To start, the length makes this light suitable for larger areas such as room perimeters, hallways and stairways.
—Pamela Porter, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Mar. 2024
Email address: On the screen, a stairway was wheeled over, and a cluster of men in bright yellow jackets descended from the plane.
—Mckenzie Funk, ProPublica, 8 Mar. 2024
But in the stairway, some collage frames that once displayed photos of Peter remain empty.
—Amy Qin, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2024
Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 16 Apr. 2024
The two workers who died were more than 460 feet from the only stairway exit, one citation said.
—Ames Alexander, Charlotte Observer, 16 Apr. 2024
The videos, which have no sound, show the two making contact in front of the stairway doors, Mr. Sanchez slightly taller and considerably stockier.
—John Leland John Leland, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2024
The park offers beach volleyball, barbecue grills, restrooms, and a children's playground with a dune climb and stairway.
—Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 3 Apr. 2024
Midway down a wide outdoor stairway, Yuan Heng Spice Co. offers all manner of spices, including Sichuan peppercorns, cinnamon bark and aged citrus peels.
—Tiffany May, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Mar. 2024
To start, the length makes this light suitable for larger areas such as room perimeters, hallways and stairways.
—Pamela Porter, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Mar. 2024
Email address: On the screen, a stairway was wheeled over, and a cluster of men in bright yellow jackets descended from the plane.
—Mckenzie Funk, ProPublica, 8 Mar. 2024
But in the stairway, some collage frames that once displayed photos of Peter remain empty.
—Amy Qin, New York Times, 11 Feb. 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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