downstairs

as in down
on or to a lower floor of a building He ran downstairs to answer the door. He lives downstairs from us.

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Recent Examples of downstairs Schaeffer, expecting the script to be delivered, came downstairs to the lobby’s front door and saw Bardo. Alex Gurley, People.com, 18 July 2025 The tapas bar downstairs will feature original cocktails. Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 18 July 2025 On June 28, Sandy officers responded to a home and were led downstairs by the girl’s 29-year-old mom, later identified as Amber Lee Leary, according to a news release by the Salt Lake County District Attorney’s Office. Paloma Chavez july 9, Sacbee.com, 9 July 2025 But downstairs in the kitchen, Lavigne brings that legacy to life in real time. Sughnen Yongo, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for downstairs
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  • Here, the odds of the postseason dropped a full three percentage points, to 95.9% (though that’s with a 92.5% chance of a division title and a 52.4% chance of a bye, down from 73.7% last week).
    Ryan Ford, Freep.com, 29 July 2025
  • That percentage is also very similar to 2023 and down slightly from the 100.1% of mid-2022, reflecting the red-hot market of 2020-mid-2022 in which buyers were fiercely competing for homes, often asking over asking price.
    Matthew Glowicki, The Courier-Journal, 29 July 2025
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  • Besides, the moment of boundless technocracy was over, doomed by deficits and a sharp swerve in the public mood.
    Franklin Foer, The Atlantic, 28 July 2025
  • Some are in position to start, some have already been recruited over and some have already switched schools.
    Antonio Morales, New York Times, 28 July 2025

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“Downstairs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/downstairs. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.

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