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 The areas available for sale include the main showroom with upstairs and downstairs seating for over 700, a backstage production area complete with dressing rooms, a lobby, a bar and kitchen, ticketing offices, a state-of-the-art studio, as well as office space. Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025 There's no flipping required to serve up homemade, buttery pancakes the moment the family comes downstairs. Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 18 Aug. 2025 President of baseball operations Andrew Friedman joined media members on the elevator downstairs at game’s end. Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 16 Aug. 2025 Our furnace, water heater, deep freezer with food, CD collection, clothes, appliances; all that is downstairs is damaged. Ben Steele, jsonline.com, 11 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for downstairs
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  • Blood sugar levels are maintained by hormones produced in the pancreas, which help adjust the amount of sugar in the blood up or down, as needed.
    Amber J. Tresca, Verywell Health, 6 Sep. 2025
  • When Big Brother‘s live feeds returned around 9 pm PT Friday, BB27 was down one larger-than-life player.
    Nick Caruso, TVLine, 6 Sep. 2025
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  • That brief three-month double act between an executive chairman and a CEO is now over.
    Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Before the first half was over, Hollywood Brown dropped a pass and Mahomes twice overthrew Tyquan Thornton before finally connecting on a 35-yarder that set up the last-play field goal.
    Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 6 Sep. 2025

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