stairway
Americannoun
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stairways
plural
noun
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Origin of stairway
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A notoriously tiring stairway leading to the Trinity from the train station is also being replaced by an escalator.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
After the game ended with the Lakers stunning overtime victory, fans lined up to give him high-fives and cheer for him as his family descended a stairway.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 18, 2026
Barroso acquired his home in the late 1980s and only started hearing about the stairway project from 1992, when the Barcelona Olympics transformed the city's image as a tourist magnet.
From Barron's ● Feb. 10, 2026
He is said to control a path to the “Infinite Land,” which turns out to be a literal stairway to heaven.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 11, 2025
I followed him through a second door and up another stairway, bursting through the rooftop hatch.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
The legislation would relax building codes to allow construction of more apartment buildings with single stairways, instead of the two stairways often required.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026
“It is essential to get at least three in-person quotes, rather than relying on online estimates, as a walk-through allows movers to identify complications like narrow stairways or low-hanging branches in advance,” Sartore-Bodo says.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 23, 2026
While some funding has been secured and spent replacing stairways, little progress has yet been made on the wider ambition, despite its prime location beside the Scottish Event Campus.
From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2026
Blue ribbons symbolising the victims adorn the airport, while letters remembering the dead line the stairways.
From Barron's ● Dec. 23, 2025
He took the servants’ steps, not the grand stairways of veined marble, but the narrower, steeper, straighter stairs hidden within the thick brick walls.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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