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upstairs

[uhp-stairz] / ˈʌpˈstɛərz /
ADJECTIVE
on an upper floor
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The hauntingly lighted displays include the engraved jaw of a sacrifice victim and footprints embedded in stucco, as if the Aztec teens had just run upstairs for a break.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

Curry first put his stamp on the character of the riotous scientist on stage in the upstairs theatre at London's Royal Court in 1973.

From BBC Aug. 26, 2026

Kitaj is the most melancholy of all the likenesses, and the only one that Ashbery did not tuck away but placed against a fireplace in an upstairs sitting room.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 24, 2026

Ask the woman upstairs if she lost cash.

From MarketWatch Aug. 11, 2026

I stood for another few seconds, then I went upstairs to change and do my homework.

From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott




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