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Recent Examples of downstairs
The single bedroom is situated upstairs – it was originally meant to be downstairs but the owners chose to move it upstairs instead to free up floorspace on the ground floor.
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New Atlas, 16 Jan. 2026
Whitaker, a longtime user of the product, took in the installation downstairs before heading up to the performance.
—Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 16 Jan. 2026
The pastry shop downstairs is open.
—David Hambling, Forbes.com, 16 Jan. 2026
Nancy has menswear upstairs and an incredible vintage selection downstairs.
—Hannah Howard, Midwest Living, 15 Jan. 2026
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New Atlas, 16 Jan. 2026
Whitaker, a longtime user of the product, took in the installation downstairs before heading up to the performance.
—Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 16 Jan. 2026
The pastry shop downstairs is open.
—David Hambling, Forbes.com, 16 Jan. 2026
Nancy has menswear upstairs and an incredible vintage selection downstairs.
—Hannah Howard, Midwest Living, 15 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for downstairs
Recent Examples of Synonyms for downstairs
Adverb
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Equities are down about 4% this year, with the NSE Nifty 50 Index off to the worst start to a year since 2016.—
Ashutosh Joshi,
Bloomberg,
28 Jan. 2026
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When down 0-40 in the third game of the match after an exchange of breaks, Rybakina was able to serve her way out of trouble, helped by a first of 11 aces.—
Charlie Eccleshare,
New York Times,
28 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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The days of mapping out a European vacation a year in advance are over.—
Christopher Elliott,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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While the greedy grifter operates through speed and scale, and the angry grifter operates through ideology, the SGG’s modus operandi is closeness and narrative control to win you, the reader, over.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Jan. 2026
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“Downstairs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/downstairs. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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