staging ground

noun

: a place where something is planned or initiated

Examples of staging ground in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The site will serve as a staging ground for the center’s activities while architect Barbara Bestor works on building a permanent home for the organization. Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2024 Trump’s trial has become a staging ground for Republicans, including House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senator J.D. Vance of Ohio, to prove their fealty to the former president. Maggie Haberman, New York Times, 14 May 2024 The first weekend is also the staging ground for more parties and activations outside of the festival, which means more influencer types. Vanessa Franko, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2024 Bundles of books were flown to the Anzio beachhead, in Italy, dropped by parachute on remote Pacific islands, and stockpiled in warehouses in the spring of 1944, so that they could be shipped to the staging grounds for D Day. Claudia Roth Pierpont, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2024 See all Example Sentences for staging ground 

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Word History

First Known Use

1970, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of staging ground was in 1970

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“Staging ground.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/staging%20ground. Accessed 7 Jun. 2024.

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