: one or more flights of stairs usually with landings to pass from one level to another
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Her defensive effort drew some of the loudest cheers of the night from a capacity crowd that was overflowing into the stairways leading into the stands.
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Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2024
Built in the late 1980s, the Horizon trains require stairway boarding and offer limited business seating and no baggage car, so bicycles are not yet allowed.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 21 May 2024
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Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2024
Built in the late 1980s, the Horizon trains require stairway boarding and offer limited business seating and no baggage car, so bicycles are not yet allowed.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 21 May 2024
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“Stairway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stairway. Accessed 1 Jun. 2024.
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stairway
noun
stair·way
-ˌwā 
: one or more flights of stairs usually with landings to pass from one level to another
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