staging area
noun
: an area in which participants in a new especially military operation or mission are assembled and readied
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The Orange Police Department would still be allowed to use the site as a staging area during city events.
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Hanna Kang, Oc Register, 21 July 2025
As federal agents set up a staging area Saturday near a Home Depot in Paramount, demonstrators attempted to block Border Patrol vehicles, with some hurling rocks and chunks of cement.
—Arkansas Online, 9 June 2025
The island of Guam, the westernmost U.S. territory, serves as a staging area to project military power against China.
—Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 July 2025
To begin, park at the Cowles Mountain Trailhead staging area, located on Golfcrest Drive near the Navajo Road intersection in San Carlos.
—Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 June 2025
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Hanna Kang, Oc Register, 21 July 2025
As federal agents set up a staging area Saturday near a Home Depot in Paramount, demonstrators attempted to block Border Patrol vehicles, with some hurling rocks and chunks of cement.
—Arkansas Online, 9 June 2025
The island of Guam, the westernmost U.S. territory, serves as a staging area to project military power against China.
—Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 July 2025
To begin, park at the Cowles Mountain Trailhead staging area, located on Golfcrest Drive near the Navajo Road intersection in San Carlos.
—Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 June 2025
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“Staging area.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/staging%20area. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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