: one or more flights of stairs usually with landings to pass from one level to another
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The Associated Press reported that the business daily Kommersant said the shooter posed as a delivery person and shot Alekseyev twice in the stairway of his apartment building, injuring him in the foot and arm.
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Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 7 Feb. 2026
The business daily Kommersant said the attacker, posing as a delivery person, shot the general twice in the stairway of his apartment building, wounding him in the foot and the arm.
—Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2026
Its 20 rooms encompass nearly 8,500 square feet of living space and include five bedrooms, six full bathrooms, one half-bathroom, two laundry rooms, three stairways, two breakfast bars and gobs of closet space.
—Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 3 Feb. 2026
The longest stairway is 99 Steps, leading up to a 17th-century fort called Blackbeard’s Castle.
—Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Jan. 2026
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Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 7 Feb. 2026
The business daily Kommersant said the attacker, posing as a delivery person, shot the general twice in the stairway of his apartment building, wounding him in the foot and the arm.
—Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2026
Its 20 rooms encompass nearly 8,500 square feet of living space and include five bedrooms, six full bathrooms, one half-bathroom, two laundry rooms, three stairways, two breakfast bars and gobs of closet space.
—Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 3 Feb. 2026
The longest stairway is 99 Steps, leading up to a 17th-century fort called Blackbeard’s Castle.
—Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Jan. 2026
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“Stairway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stairway. Accessed 11 Feb. 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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