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Melanie Hamrick, a former member of American Ballet Theatre’s corps de ballet, was leaping down a dingy stairwell in the company’s lower-Broadway rehearsal building recently.
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Bob Morris, New Yorker, 15 June 2026
Every toddler sleeping in the stairwells had the right idea.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 13 June 2026
Campbell treated the end of the kitchen cabinetry to counter seating to keep the stairwell open and avoid blocking light.
—Jody Garlock, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 June 2026
In the original space there's a stairwell in the center that goes to the lobby.
—Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes.com, 30 May 2026
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Bob Morris, New Yorker, 15 June 2026
Every toddler sleeping in the stairwells had the right idea.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 13 June 2026
Campbell treated the end of the kitchen cabinetry to counter seating to keep the stairwell open and avoid blocking light.
—Jody Garlock, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 June 2026
In the original space there's a stairwell in the center that goes to the lobby.
—Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes.com, 30 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for stairwell
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“Stairwell.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stairwell. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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stairwell
noun
stair·well
-ˌwel 
: a vertical shaft in which stairs are located
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