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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Participants also reported how many flights of stairs they climbed daily, based on the estimate that each flight takes 8 seconds to ascend.
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
"The thing that hopefully never changes is the walk down the stairs into the arena," Robertson said.
From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026
I was like 17, and I sat behind the railway station, you know, kind of on the stairs of this studio in a courtyard.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026
In the evening after the last guest had gone I climbed the stairs to my room thinking only of the past.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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