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Courtesy of Park Hyatt New York For guests who prefer to get out into the city at night, the team downstairs can set you up.
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Billie Cohen, AFAR Media, 5 June 2025
During the alleged attack, the woman grabbed her child and fled downstairs to call the police.
—Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 3 June 2025
The room connects to the kitchen — the only one built for any upstairs units in 1926, when the building opened with hotel services downstairs.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 19 May 2025
Why staff members at the prison shackled Jacobs — and didn’t perform CPR in his cell instead of carrying him downstairs — is unclear.
—Ames Alexander, Charlotte Observer, 30 May 2025
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Billie Cohen, AFAR Media, 5 June 2025
During the alleged attack, the woman grabbed her child and fled downstairs to call the police.
—Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 3 June 2025
The room connects to the kitchen — the only one built for any upstairs units in 1926, when the building opened with hotel services downstairs.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 19 May 2025
Why staff members at the prison shackled Jacobs — and didn’t perform CPR in his cell instead of carrying him downstairs — is unclear.
—Ames Alexander, Charlotte Observer, 30 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for downstairs
Adverb
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To this day, no other team in finals history has gone down 3-0 to force a Game 7.—
The Athletic NBA Staff,
New York Times,
22 June 2025
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After going down 3-1 in the bottom of the second, Lindor hit the first of the trio of third-inning homers, with Nimmo and Soto following suit to put the Mets back on top, 4-3.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
22 June 2025
Adverb
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By the time the strike was over in mid-July — with the union defeated and the soldiers gone — the official local death toll was 12, though some historians say more than 30 died.—
Robert Loerzel,
Chicago Tribune,
22 June 2025
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At 25, Vondroušová thought her career was close to over.—
James Hansen,
New York Times,
21 June 2025
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“Downstairs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/downstairs. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.
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