launchpad
noun
launch·pad
ˈlȯnch-ˌpad 
ˈlänch-
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Fox will use its biggest possible launchpad — Sunday NFL games — to help introduce two of its three new series for the fall to viewers.
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Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 July 2024
After two trips to the launchpad that did not end up going to space, two NASA astronauts finally headed to orbit on Wednesday in a vehicle built by Boeing, the aerospace giant.
—Kenneth Chang, New York Times, 5 June 2024
The kids regrouped to figure out what went wrong before setting the rocket up on its launchpad.
—Silas Allen, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 June 2024
Online marketplaces can also be launchpads for profitable advertising businesses, with merchants paying for prominent placement in front of shoppers.
—Alvaro Vargas Llosa, Fortune, 24 June 2024
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Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 July 2024
After two trips to the launchpad that did not end up going to space, two NASA astronauts finally headed to orbit on Wednesday in a vehicle built by Boeing, the aerospace giant.
—Kenneth Chang, New York Times, 5 June 2024
The kids regrouped to figure out what went wrong before setting the rocket up on its launchpad.
—Silas Allen, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 June 2024
Online marketplaces can also be launchpads for profitable advertising businesses, with merchants paying for prominent placement in front of shoppers.
—Alvaro Vargas Llosa, Fortune, 24 June 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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