staircase
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Depending on the configuration of the stairs, it may be more practical to install a stairlift on the main staircase, which is often the most heavily used set of stairs in the house.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026
“From the moment you enter, you’re greeted by a breathtaking double staircase in a soaring foyer, setting the tone for the grandeur within,” the description states.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026
As teenagers growing up in the area, they climbed the staircase barefoot, sprinted the hill overlooking the Pacific and stretched their limbs on the shoreline.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
In much the same way, Fallingwater’s projecting trays of space, which step up and outward, are a poetic paraphrase of what lies below, the stepped cascade that is nature’s own staircase.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
I wait until Dad’s footsteps thump against the staircase before I grab my tablet.
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
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Ionic columns mark the entry, leading to a foyer with sweeping staircases under 14-foot ceilings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026
Recent weeks have seen a sea wall damaged in Long Beach, staircases destroyed in San Diego County and dozens of oceanfront mansions tagged as unsafe.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
Those patterns, according to the model, would help neighboring DNA molecules align with one another much like two interlocking spiral staircases.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026
Each version getting comically bigger, those staircases on the side that one can only imagine were generated by ChatGPT, leading to nowhere.
From Slate ● May 7, 2026
In response to Clara’s imagination and the requirements of the moment, the noble, seignorial architecture began sprouting all sorts of extra little rooms, staircases, turrets, and terraces.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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