the upstairs

noun

: the upper floors of a building
We're having the upstairs carpeted.

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These intimate scenes in the upstairs bedroom are the most effective of the entire production, even though the slight attempts at audience interaction don’t make much sense in this context. Emily McClanathan, Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 2025 Ralph Taylor then went into the living room, grabbed RT by the arm and took the child to the upstairs bedroom, the complaint reads. Chris Ramirez, jsonline.com, 10 July 2025 The Chicago Sun-Times reported that the fire spread to the upstairs' neighbors' apartment and to a house next door, collapsing the roof. Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 July 2025 Louise breaks into the upstairs apartment to get her laptop back. Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 25 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for the upstairs

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“The upstairs.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20upstairs. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.

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