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The cavernous dining room and chandeliers, the sweeping stairwell and crown moldings.
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Literary Hub, 10 June 2025
The three of them run down the building stairs, as Peyton fires her gun down the stairwell at them.
—Christopher Rudolph, People.com, 13 May 2025
Blood was also visible on the door handle of a stairwell exit, where the assailant was seen fleeing the building in a video released by police.
—Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2025
The common areas of the building have been filthy, too: trash all around the grounds and dirty stairwells.
—Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 21 Apr. 2025
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Literary Hub, 10 June 2025
The three of them run down the building stairs, as Peyton fires her gun down the stairwell at them.
—Christopher Rudolph, People.com, 13 May 2025
Blood was also visible on the door handle of a stairwell exit, where the assailant was seen fleeing the building in a video released by police.
—Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2025
The common areas of the building have been filthy, too: trash all around the grounds and dirty stairwells.
—Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 21 Apr. 2025
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 20 Jun. 2025.
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stairwell
noun
stair·well
-ˌwel 
: a vertical shaft in which stairs are located
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