downstairs

adverb

Definition of downstairsnext
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 If the upstairs is all about wood, downstairs Buck created a more monastic experience with arched hallways clad in Roman Clay from Portola Paints. — Elizabeth Fazzare, Architectural Digest, 22 Oct. 2026 One of Yayoi Kusama‘s infinity rooms will also travel (not the main one that is downstairs at the Broad). — Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026 At the company store downstairs, the most popular item is a Lego set of the EUV machine. — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026 Mollica tells Variety with an excited smile from the plush downstairs Drawing Room of London’s Raffles Hotel. — Alex Ritman, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for downstairs
Recent Examples of Synonyms for downstairs
  1. down
  2. over
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  • With 13 seconds left and third down at the Braves’ 12, Guess threw the ball up toward the end zone and Brown, his best friend since the age of 6, caught it for a touchdown.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2026
  • Not the interception by rookie safety Zakee Wheatley in the red zone — Wheatley’s pick could’ve been a turning point, a chance for the Panthers, down 14 with an entire fourth quarter ahead of them, to make something happen.
    — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of down
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  • Over recent decades, Spain has invested heavily in high-speed rail -- which the country's railway union defines as rails for trains going 155 mph and over -- turning it into a world leader.
    — JOSEPH WILSON, Arkansas Online, 29 Oct. 2026
  • ActBlue's woes are not over as top Republican predicts potential DOJ charges over foreign cash controversy.
    — , FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2026
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