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upstairs

[uhp-stairz] / ˈʌpˈstɛərz /
ADJECTIVE
on an upper floor
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The titular character, Cecil Dreeme, a gentle painter who lives upstairs from Robert, guards a dark secret.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

Heading upstairs, guests will find two large bedrooms that each boast their own walk-in closet and share a spacious bathroom with geometric tiles and a large soaking tub.

From MarketWatch • May 28, 2026

I had been welcomed into Sir Alex Ferguson's room upstairs at Old Trafford many times when he was United's manager and it was the same when he retired.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

Screams echo from the upstairs bedrooms, where two husbands are in exile, watching a Green Bay Packers game with a newborn baby.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026

Rowan had crept away and scuttled upstairs to the room he now shared with Annad.

From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda




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