stairs
Britishplural noun
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a flight of steps leading from one storey or level to another, esp indoors
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in the servants' quarters; in domestic service
Example Sentences
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Climbing stairs was linked to a 10% lower risk.
From Science Daily • Apr. 27, 2026
Upstairs, Fahmy created a black-and-white mural inspired by Keith Haring at the top of the stairs, then kept going along the second-floor walls using a paintbrush taped to a broomstick.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026
But that amount of Botox left me breathless when climbing stairs, and the smoothing-out of my voice lasted for only a couple of weeks.
From Slate • Apr. 18, 2026
Inventory had to be lugged up a flight of stairs.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
They had discovered the old radio beneath the stairs.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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