the upstairs

noun

: the upper floors of a building
We're having the upstairs carpeted.

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French Luxury At The Golden Swan At The Golden Swan in the West Village, the upstairs dining room (different from the more casual ground floor Wallace Room) began serving brunch on February 22 by elevating the downstairs menu to the dining room’s sophisticated Euro style. Laurie Werner, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025 The La Grange Board of Trustees last week unanimously approved an A-2 liquor license for the restaurant and added a new A-4 liquor license for the upstairs banquet facility. Hank Beckman, Chicago Tribune, 16 Feb. 2025 The apartment is big by New York standards, but there are only two common areas: the upstairs kitchen, which has a nook for a dining room table but can’t handle more than two people cooking at a time, and a basement common area that has a couple of assorted couches and tables. Kayla Levy, Curbed, 6 Feb. 2025 The installations have been removed, and the walls of the upstairs gallery are blank. David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 17 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for the upstairs

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“The upstairs.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20upstairs. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.

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