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According to authorities, Allen was staying at the Washington Hilton Hotel, where the dinner was hosted, and used an interior stairwell to bypass areas of the hotel that were heavily monitored.
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Kelsie Hoffman, CBS News, 27 Apr. 2026
Her footsteps spiraled down the stairwell.
—Literary Hub, 27 Apr. 2026
Serhiy, my photographer and fixer, stopped to study a bank of mailboxes in the stairwell.
—Lizzie Johnson, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2026
In early 2022, the housing authority announced that 127 security cameras had been installed in stairwells, on rooftops and in elevators at the two-building complex.
—Dennis Romero, NBC news, 25 Apr. 2026
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Kelsie Hoffman, CBS News, 27 Apr. 2026
Her footsteps spiraled down the stairwell.
—Literary Hub, 27 Apr. 2026
Serhiy, my photographer and fixer, stopped to study a bank of mailboxes in the stairwell.
—Lizzie Johnson, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2026
In early 2022, the housing authority announced that 127 security cameras had been installed in stairwells, on rooftops and in elevators at the two-building complex.
—Dennis Romero, NBC news, 25 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for stairwell
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“Stairwell.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stairwell. Accessed 29 Apr. 2026.
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stairwell
noun
stair·well
-ˌwel 
: a vertical shaft in which stairs are located
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