staircase
noun
stair·case
ˈster-ˌkās 
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Highlights include the tasting menus at La Perfumería restaurant and a striking porcelain sculpture suspended within the original 19th-century staircase.
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Siobhan Reid, Travel + Leisure, 29 Dec. 2025
From the old mail chute in the lobby to the original grand marble portrait reliefs on the ornate curving staircase, attention to historical preservation adds charm in all the public—and even not-so-public—spaces, like the basement bank safe where the original Coca-Cola recipe once resided.
—Su-Jit Lin, Southern Living, 27 Dec. 2025
For months, 19 Stagecraft seventh and eighth graders built each intricate set wall, the caterpillar platform, the Queen of Heart’s staircase, jumbo mushrooms on wheels, and even an 11-foot tree with a large rabbit hole inside of it.
—Rancho Santa Fe Review, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Dec. 2025
There is a staircase with a decorative wrought-iron balustrade railing, a bedroom with bold, flower wallpaper, and in what appears to be an entry way, Rococo gilt-wood mirrors.
—Elise Taylor, Vanity Fair, 23 Dec. 2025
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Siobhan Reid, Travel + Leisure, 29 Dec. 2025
From the old mail chute in the lobby to the original grand marble portrait reliefs on the ornate curving staircase, attention to historical preservation adds charm in all the public—and even not-so-public—spaces, like the basement bank safe where the original Coca-Cola recipe once resided.
—Su-Jit Lin, Southern Living, 27 Dec. 2025
For months, 19 Stagecraft seventh and eighth graders built each intricate set wall, the caterpillar platform, the Queen of Heart’s staircase, jumbo mushrooms on wheels, and even an 11-foot tree with a large rabbit hole inside of it.
—Rancho Santa Fe Review, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Dec. 2025
There is a staircase with a decorative wrought-iron balustrade railing, a bedroom with bold, flower wallpaper, and in what appears to be an entry way, Rococo gilt-wood mirrors.
—Elise Taylor, Vanity Fair, 23 Dec. 2025
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“Staircase.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/staircase. Accessed 1 Jan. 2026.
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staircase
noun
stair·case
-ˌkās
: a flight of stairs with the supporting structures
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