downstairs

as in down
on or to a lower floor of a building He ran downstairs to answer the door. He lives downstairs from us.

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Recent Examples of downstairs Feast on seasonal New American food at the restaurant downstairs before retiring to your snug bed. Chloe Arrojado, AFAR Media, 21 Apr. 2025 Just as Flower offers to go help out the pair, Sas comes downstairs. Vlada Gelman, TVLine, 1 May 2025 After dinner, head downstairs to Canes & Tails for a nightcap. Amber Gibson, Travel + Leisure, 30 Apr. 2025 Young Collier came downstairs the next morning looking for his mother. Faith Karimi, CNN Money, 27 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for downstairs
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    J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 17 May 2025
  • There were also far fewer Germans arriving in California in March, down 26% to 20,847 from March 2024, the agency said.
    Erik Kirschbaum, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2025
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    Riley Beggin, USA Today, 18 May 2025
  • After the main action of the film is over, Sam and his girlfriend board a plane, which is revealed to be Volée Airlines Flight 180 from the first movie.
    Keith Langston, People.com, 17 May 2025

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“Downstairs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/downstairs. Accessed 29 May. 2025.

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