the upstairs

noun

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

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In the upstairs retail space, staff recorded two hundred sales in the first six months of the Maison operation—slightly more than one per day. Sam Knight, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025 Deer wander up to the house (yes, the landscaping is deer-resistant) and hawks fly at eye level from the upstairs balconies. David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 23 Aug. 2025 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 Head inside to shop for groceries, T-shirts, and other vacation necessities, plus a huge array of gifts in the upstairs gift gallery. Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 5 Aug. 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 10 Sep. 2025.

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