: one or more flights of stairs usually with landings to pass from one level to another
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Takes place on the museum's hillside sculpture garden and stairway.
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Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Though a separate stairway makes a less spine-tingling zigzag down from the parking area, the abode, which is being marketed in the United States by Tracy Tutor at Compass, certainly isn’t for the faint of heart.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 1 July 2025
So far, donors have pledged for the belvedere and the Westbourne Street beach access stairway.
—Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 May 2025
In March, the building failed an inspection with a number of violations, including for failing to maintain a chimney, failing to maintain exterior stairways as well as rat, bed bug and roach infestations.
—Nell Salzman, Chicago Tribune, 29 July 2025
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Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Though a separate stairway makes a less spine-tingling zigzag down from the parking area, the abode, which is being marketed in the United States by Tracy Tutor at Compass, certainly isn’t for the faint of heart.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 1 July 2025
So far, donors have pledged for the belvedere and the Westbourne Street beach access stairway.
—Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 May 2025
In March, the building failed an inspection with a number of violations, including for failing to maintain a chimney, failing to maintain exterior stairways as well as rat, bed bug and roach infestations.
—Nell Salzman, Chicago Tribune, 29 July 2025
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“Stairway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stairway. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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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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