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staging ground

noun

: a place where something is planned or initiated

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And Sacramento became a supply hub and staging ground for gold-seekers. Andre Byik, USA Today, 10 Nov. 2025 Season’s not finished yet, and what better staging ground for the first chapter of a comeback story than the Red River Shootout? Blake Toppmeyer, USA TODAY, 9 Oct. 2025 The transformation, spurred by American and South Korean investment, as well as Philippine government support, signals a shift in regional security and a potential staging ground for allied forces as tensions simmer in the South China Sea. Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025 The American officers’ trip was the first such visit since Russia used Belarus as a staging ground to pour tens of thousands of its troops into Ukraine at the start of its February 2022 invasion of the country. Ellen Mitchell, The Hill, 15 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for staging ground

Word History

First Known Use

1970, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of staging ground was in 1970

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“Staging ground.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/staging%20ground. Accessed 3 Dec. 2025.

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