staging area
noun
: an area in which participants in a new especially military operation or mission are assembled and readied
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Ride shares and taxis will have a staging area in the parking lots at 10th Circle North near Charlotte Avenue.
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Melonee Hurt, Nashville Tennessean, 26 Dec. 2025
Nearby streets including sections of Ponce de Leon Boulevard and Aragon Avenue, and adjacent side streets close earlier in the day to accommodate staging areas for the participants and open after the two-hour parade wraps.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 11 Dec. 2025
Fire in auto body shop But just minutes after crews arrived at the staging area for Saturday's parade, another call came in.
—Aaron Parseghian, CBS News, 8 Dec. 2025
Of course, the island could also be used as a US staging area as part of a joint war effort with Japan should things turn hot in the region.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 1 Dec. 2025
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Melonee Hurt, Nashville Tennessean, 26 Dec. 2025
Nearby streets including sections of Ponce de Leon Boulevard and Aragon Avenue, and adjacent side streets close earlier in the day to accommodate staging areas for the participants and open after the two-hour parade wraps.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 11 Dec. 2025
Fire in auto body shop But just minutes after crews arrived at the staging area for Saturday's parade, another call came in.
—Aaron Parseghian, CBS News, 8 Dec. 2025
Of course, the island could also be used as a US staging area as part of a joint war effort with Japan should things turn hot in the region.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 1 Dec. 2025
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“Staging area.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/staging%20area. Accessed 8 Jan. 2026.
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