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Recent Examples of downstairs
After the robbers fled, Kardashian managed to get her hands free and hopped downstairs to where her stylist and friend Simone Harouche was staying, the New York Post reported.
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Christie D’zurilla, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2025
After dinner, guests found their way downstairs for a Swizz Beatz-DJ’d after party.
—James Manso, Footwear News, 30 Apr. 2025
Fred moves the suitcases downstairs, placing them right where the murder scene takes place.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 8 May 2025
Trevor offers Sas use of his room, where Sas tries Thor’s tossing move a little too aggressively and throws Joan through wall to the ground downstairs.
—Vlada Gelman, TVLine, 1 May 2025
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Christie D’zurilla, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2025
After dinner, guests found their way downstairs for a Swizz Beatz-DJ’d after party.
—James Manso, Footwear News, 30 Apr. 2025
Fred moves the suitcases downstairs, placing them right where the murder scene takes place.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 8 May 2025
Trevor offers Sas use of his room, where Sas tries Thor’s tossing move a little too aggressively and throws Joan through wall to the ground downstairs.
—Vlada Gelman, TVLine, 1 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for downstairs
Adverb
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That City win — PSG’s first comeback from 2-0 down since May 2012, and their only ever in the Champions League — was a coming-of-age performance.—
Liam Tharme,
New York Times,
29 May 2025
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Chris sits back down in his chair, his arm now around a 1976 bicentennial Gibson Firebird that Tom Petty used to play a month of shows at The Fillmore in the ’90s.—
Josh Brolin,
Billboard,
29 May 2025
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Supporters say this is the mark of a unifying candidate, though the fear remains that once voting is over, the old bitterness and acrimony will return without wholesale reform.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
29 May 2025
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Whether in Latin America, Europe, or elsewhere, the days of passive treatment for those who work to undermine the rights of Americans are over.—
Andrew Stanton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 May 2025
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“Downstairs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/downstairs. Accessed 7 Jun. 2025.
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