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flight of stairs

NOUN

a set of steps

Synonyms

STRONGEST

staircase stairwell

WEAK

escalier flight flight of steps pair of stairs stairs stairway steps

Example Sentences

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Inventory had to be lugged up a flight of stairs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

In the footage, an elderly grey-haired man struggles to descend a flight of stairs from a plane and is then placed on a stretcher, where he lies shivering.

From Barron's • Feb. 6, 2026

The actual grocery store requires climbing another flight of stairs.

From Salon • Nov. 26, 2024

From a darkened corridor we climb a narrow, twisting flight of stairs to the attic.

From BBC • Oct. 29, 2024

She points to the steep flight of stairs leading from our sixth floor to the fifth floor below.

From "Lucky Broken Girl" by Ruth Behar