: one or more flights of stairs usually with landings to pass from one level to another
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Their number would vary based on the length of the stairway between the eight landings, some of which would have benches.
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Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Jan. 2025
Two stairways that, like the entire house, seem hewn from living rock, sweep upward elegantly to the patio.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
The evergreen tree growing atop the stairway that ascends 2,000 feet up a hillside near Manitou Springs has for years been decorated with bulbs, lights and other festive trinkets by hikers during the holiday season.
—Max Levy, The Denver Post, 13 Dec. 2024
The skis get plenty of use during the winter, but to keep them out of the way during the week, they’re mounted against the stairway wall—making the most out of an otherwise unused spot.
—Amanda Sims, Architectural Digest, 25 Nov. 2024
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Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Jan. 2025
Two stairways that, like the entire house, seem hewn from living rock, sweep upward elegantly to the patio.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
The evergreen tree growing atop the stairway that ascends 2,000 feet up a hillside near Manitou Springs has for years been decorated with bulbs, lights and other festive trinkets by hikers during the holiday season.
—Max Levy, The Denver Post, 13 Dec. 2024
The skis get plenty of use during the winter, but to keep them out of the way during the week, they’re mounted against the stairway wall—making the most out of an otherwise unused spot.
—Amanda Sims, Architectural Digest, 25 Nov. 2024
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“Stairway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stairway. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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stairway
noun
stair·way
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: one or more flights of stairs usually with landings to pass from one level to another
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