as in foothold
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Recent Examples of beachhead
It's established a beachhead in sports medicine — a lucrative industry that's willing to pay up to save athletes from future injury.
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Erin Brodwin, Axios, 24 Jan. 2025
With Eraserhead, Elephant Man and Dune to his credit, Mr. Lynch had already established his beachhead inside the realm of the bizarre, but this latest venture takes him a lot further.
—Stephen Galloway, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Jan. 2025
On the Sea Islands of South Carolina, where the Union established a beachhead just seven months into the war, white planters fled the approaching Army while some ten thousand slaves stayed put.
—Scott Spillman, The New Yorker, 29 Jan. 2025
As for his goals for Leon Capital, De Leon is currently working to establish new beachheads for his industrial real estate business in Mexico and also plans to invest more heavily in his lending and insurance companies.
—Monica Hunter-Hart, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2024
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Erin Brodwin, Axios, 24 Jan. 2025
With Eraserhead, Elephant Man and Dune to his credit, Mr. Lynch had already established his beachhead inside the realm of the bizarre, but this latest venture takes him a lot further.
—Stephen Galloway, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Jan. 2025
On the Sea Islands of South Carolina, where the Union established a beachhead just seven months into the war, white planters fled the approaching Army while some ten thousand slaves stayed put.
—Scott Spillman, The New Yorker, 29 Jan. 2025
As for his goals for Leon Capital, De Leon is currently working to establish new beachheads for his industrial real estate business in Mexico and also plans to invest more heavily in his lending and insurance companies.
—Monica Hunter-Hart, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for beachhead
Noun
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Foot Locker, based in New York City, offers Dick’s a lot of potential, namely its huge real estate footprint, and would give the Pittsburgh company its first foothold overseas.—
Michelle Chapman,
Chicago Tribune,
15 May 2025
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Having already gained a strong foothold across Asia, with companies such as Alipay, WeChat Pay and Grab being key pioneers, the focus is now on making these interoperable and reducing cross-border friction.—
Daniel Webber,
Forbes.com,
13 May 2025
Noun
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Archaeologists identified the Roman bridgehead fort as a first-of-its-kind find for Austria.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
16 Apr. 2025
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Troops from Pyongyang had attempted to cut off a Ukrainian bridgehead along the border, said Butusov on his Telegram channel.—
Faisal Kutty,
Newsweek,
11 Mar. 2025
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“Beachhead.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beachhead. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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