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downstairs

[doun-stairz, doun-stairz] / ˈdaʊnˈstɛərz, ˈdaʊnˌstɛərz /


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We’d moved out from Brooklyn into a little house—two bedrooms downstairs and two in the unfinished attic if you could finish it.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

This typically happens during the lowering portion of a movement, such as bringing a dumbbell down, walking downstairs, or slowly lowering yourself into a chair.

From Science Daily • May 1, 2026

"As soon as we heard the earthquake alert, everyone ran downstairs," Chaw Su Thwe, a Myanmar national living in Hokkaido, told the BBC.

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026

Other rooms downstairs include the B-Movie Bathroom, ’Naynay’s Kitchen of Progress and the ’80s & ’90s Food Culture Hall of Fame dining room, which is illuminated by a Pizza Hut pendant.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026

Coal texted the video to Door as he ran downstairs.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste




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