: one or more flights of stairs usually with landings to pass from one level to another
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The final condition requires the city to partner with the La Jolla Coastal Conservancy to re-open within five years the South Casa Beach stairway, which has been closed for three years due to rainstorm damage.
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David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 June 2026
Amid the dust and debris, Venezuelans helped older neighbors walk down rickety stairways, pulled people and pets to safety, and passed buckets of rubble hand to hand in the search for survivors.
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The Christian Science Monitor,
Christian Science Monitor,
25 June 2026
Using onboard perception and navigation technologies, ANYmal autonomously follows inspection routes, climbs stairways, avoids obstacles, and reaches locations that would otherwise require time-consuming manual checks.
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Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
22 June 2026
This entry, with its open stairway, soars to the top of the second floor.
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James Alexander,
Hartford Courant,
21 June 2026
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David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 June 2026
Amid the dust and debris, Venezuelans helped older neighbors walk down rickety stairways, pulled people and pets to safety, and passed buckets of rubble hand to hand in the search for survivors.
—
The Christian Science Monitor,
Christian Science Monitor,
25 June 2026
Using onboard perception and navigation technologies, ANYmal autonomously follows inspection routes, climbs stairways, avoids obstacles, and reaches locations that would otherwise require time-consuming manual checks.
—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
22 June 2026
This entry, with its open stairway, soars to the top of the second floor.
—
James Alexander,
Hartford Courant,
21 June 2026
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 3 Jul. 2026.
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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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