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Recent Examples of beachhead
So many countries are competing to gain the beachhead of AI.
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Charlie Campbell, Time, 21 Dec. 2025
On the sports front, Disney launched ESPN on Disney+ in Australia and New Zealand as a beachhead for regional expansion.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 13 Nov. 2025
In the meantime, Thor is likely to establish a beachhead in industrial automation robotics, where the return on investment is more near term.
—Dave Altavilla, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
The space for decades was a fixture of New York’s downtown scene at its location at the city’s General Hardware building, before decamping to Brooklyn’s Dumbo neighborhood in 2016 and then briefly establishing a beachhead in Jersey City.
—News Desk, Artforum, 14 Aug. 2025
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Charlie Campbell, Time, 21 Dec. 2025
On the sports front, Disney launched ESPN on Disney+ in Australia and New Zealand as a beachhead for regional expansion.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 13 Nov. 2025
In the meantime, Thor is likely to establish a beachhead in industrial automation robotics, where the return on investment is more near term.
—Dave Altavilla, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
The space for decades was a fixture of New York’s downtown scene at its location at the city’s General Hardware building, before decamping to Brooklyn’s Dumbo neighborhood in 2016 and then briefly establishing a beachhead in Jersey City.
—News Desk, Artforum, 14 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for beachhead
Noun
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In the enlarged vision of the classics slowly taking shape in the American academy, Yanxiao has found an intellectual foothold.—
Chang Che,
New Yorker,
8 Mar. 2026
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She wasn’t dissuaded two years later — and mid-renovation — when a $475 million Target distribution center was announced for the small city, creating an industrial foothold in a mostly agrarian area.—
Zachary Hansen,
AJC.com,
6 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Even once a force reaches the far bank, only a small number of soldiers are initially present to secure the bridgehead, often against entrenched defenders with superior firepower and elevation.—
Vikram Mittal,
Forbes.com,
23 July 2025
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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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“Beachhead.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beachhead. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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