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Accessibility and Sustainability The hotel has two accessible guest rooms, each with a wider entrance and handrails.
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Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 29 Dec. 2025
Inside the vehicle, the koala, named Peri, latched onto a yellow handrail and enjoyed the rest of the ride.
—Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 19 Dec. 2025
Toward the other end of the first floor is a grand white stone staircase that connects all three floors, whose golden handrails are created by Goossens — it is also animated by a sculpture of aluminum beads swathed in gold leaf — a site-specific work by the contemporary artist Jean-Michel Othoniel.
—Denni Hu, Footwear News, 20 Nov. 2025
The off-white exterior and synthetic handrails require less cleaning, for example.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 13 Nov. 2025
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Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 29 Dec. 2025
Inside the vehicle, the koala, named Peri, latched onto a yellow handrail and enjoyed the rest of the ride.
—Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 19 Dec. 2025
Toward the other end of the first floor is a grand white stone staircase that connects all three floors, whose golden handrails are created by Goossens — it is also animated by a sculpture of aluminum beads swathed in gold leaf — a site-specific work by the contemporary artist Jean-Michel Othoniel.
—Denni Hu, Footwear News, 20 Nov. 2025
The off-white exterior and synthetic handrails require less cleaning, for example.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 13 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for handrail
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“Handrail.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/handrail. Accessed 1 Jan. 2026.
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handrail
noun
hand·rail
ˈhan-ˌdrāl 
: a narrow rail for grasping as a support (as on a staircase)
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