Examples of launching pad in a Sentence
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If someone is unhappy, unfulfilled, or stretched thin, a buyout can be a launching pad to a different job with a better work-life balance.
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Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2024
Opening: September 2020 Price: TBD Montage Healdsburg, Sonoma County, California
The 258-acre resort will be a transformative hideaway and perfect launching pad for discovering wineries and legendary culinary establishments.
—Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 18 Mar. 2024
The Egyptian coast has not been a major launching pad for human traffickers to send overcrowded boats to Europe by way of the Mediterranean Sea, though concerns about the matter are building as Egypt faces the pressures of migrants coming into the country.
—Greg Wehner, Fox News, 17 Mar. 2024
This could be her launching pad for 2028, if the MAGA base will ever accept.
—Phillip M. Bailey, USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2024
With musical numbers and comedy skits, the show was a great launching pad for numerous future stars.
—Hillary Busis, EW.com, 23 Feb. 2024
The moribund Oceanwide Plaza project, an unfinished development across the street from Crypto.com Arena, became the source of a new headache for Los Angeles officials this week when multiple people used the high-rise as a launching pad for paragliding.
—Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb. 2024
And while the Baltimore faithful hoped to use that surprising season as a launching pad to even greater heights, the current owners elected not to make any major moves this winter (the addition of Craig Kimbrel notwithstanding).
—Dan Freedman, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
After October 7, most Jewish Israelis agree that any further relinquishment of territory will give militants a launching pad for the next massacre.
—Aluf Benn, Foreign Affairs, 7 Feb. 2024
Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2024
Opening: September 2020 Price: TBD Montage Healdsburg, Sonoma County, California
The 258-acre resort will be a transformative hideaway and perfect launching pad for discovering wineries and legendary culinary establishments.
—Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 18 Mar. 2024
The Egyptian coast has not been a major launching pad for human traffickers to send overcrowded boats to Europe by way of the Mediterranean Sea, though concerns about the matter are building as Egypt faces the pressures of migrants coming into the country.
—Greg Wehner, Fox News, 17 Mar. 2024
This could be her launching pad for 2028, if the MAGA base will ever accept.
—Phillip M. Bailey, USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2024
With musical numbers and comedy skits, the show was a great launching pad for numerous future stars.
—Hillary Busis, EW.com, 23 Feb. 2024
The moribund Oceanwide Plaza project, an unfinished development across the street from Crypto.com Arena, became the source of a new headache for Los Angeles officials this week when multiple people used the high-rise as a launching pad for paragliding.
—Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb. 2024
And while the Baltimore faithful hoped to use that surprising season as a launching pad to even greater heights, the current owners elected not to make any major moves this winter (the addition of Craig Kimbrel notwithstanding).
—Dan Freedman, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
After October 7, most Jewish Israelis agree that any further relinquishment of territory will give militants a launching pad for the next massacre.
—Aluf Benn, Foreign Affairs, 7 Feb. 2024
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“Launching pad.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/launching%20pad. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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