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banister

[ban-uh-ster] / ˈbæn ə stər /
NOUN
railing of stairs
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The velvety silhouette feels as distant as the sea, whose dark surface is sliced by the banister.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026

Chu: Ari really owned the space — every time she moved, she knew what her intention was, she lived in that physicality, jumping on the banister and kicking up her leg.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 25, 2024

The inquest also heard two statements from firefighters Leighton Brown and Gareth Davies who said the stairs banister, ceiling and the whole of the landing was “covered in smoke and fire” on their arrival.

From BBC ● Nov. 18, 2024

Pennoyer ordered garlands on Amazon to hang over doors and windows and run up the banister.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 8, 2023

I sneak partway down the stairs and peek under the banister.

From "American Street" by Ibi Zoboi

Along the banisters were motion-activated lights - one wrong step and they would flare on, announcing their presence.

From BBC ● Feb. 25, 2026

Fans crammed shoulder‑to‑shoulder against the banisters and barricades, stretching jerseys, bobbleheads and posters toward her for autographs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2025

Examples include the front door, mantle, archways, stair banisters, central tables or kitchen islands and windows.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 1, 2023

Exterior walkways with wooden banisters rise and fall like the lines on a graph across the facade of a building crowned with a wavelike roofline.

From New York Times ● Aug. 2, 2021

This would have been during the holidays, five months earlier, because I remembered the porch banisters all decorated with pine boughs and an enormous, sweet-smelling bayberry wreath that hung on the front door.

From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings


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