launchpad
noun
launch·pad
ˈlȯnch-ˌpad 
ˈlänch-
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Further toward the stern, a huge swim platform pulls triple duty as a beach club, a launchpad for watersports, and a dive store.
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Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 3 Apr. 2024
The play, which satirizes Catholicism, premiered Off Off Broadway before transferring to Off Broadway's Playwrights Horizons, a longtime launchpad for theatrical talent.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 3 Apr. 2024
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Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 3 Apr. 2024
The play, which satirizes Catholicism, premiered Off Off Broadway before transferring to Off Broadway's Playwrights Horizons, a longtime launchpad for theatrical talent.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 3 Apr. 2024
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launchpad
noun
launch·pad
ˈlȯnch-ˌpad
ˈlänch-
: a nonflammable platform from which a rocket can be launched
called also launching pad
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