staging area

noun

: an area in which participants in a new especially military operation or mission are assembled and readied

Examples of staging area in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Azerbaijan is very upset about a June 5 report on CNN that Israeli troops had used the country as a staging area for attacks on Iran. — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 24 Aug. 2026

The technician secured the victim in a rescue harness, and the pair were extracted to awaiting rescue personnel at the staging area. — Tim Fang, CBS News, 24 Aug. 2026

Summers said crews had set up a staging area for parents to reunite with their children at the site of the crash at Wilson Creek and Old Boston roads. — Lillian Metzmeier, Louisville Courier Journal, 24 Aug. 2026

As in past years, the airport is the staging area for the Chicago Air & Water Show on Saturday and Sunday over Lake Michigan’s Chicago beaches near Lake Shore Drive. — Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1943, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for staging area

• aquaria
• gregaria
• herbaria
• hysteria
• malaria
• puparia
• rancheria
• araucaria
• arenaria
• honoraria
• mercenaria
• ceria