bridgehead

as in base
a place from which an advance (as for military operations) is made established a bridgehead on the beach before beginning the land invasion

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Recent Examples of bridgehead The cost of holding on against Russia on the Dnieper bridgehead is high. Dominique Soguel, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 June 2024 For Russia, even establishing a bridgehead across the border could expose the city of Kharkiv to artillery, allowing troops to escalate efforts to make the city unlivable. Eric Schmitt, New York Times, 10 May 2024 Setting up manufacturing in Italy would be a big win for China’s auto industry, which sees Italy as a strategically positioned bridgehead from which to push further into European, African, and Middle Eastern markets. Mary Hui, Quartz, 14 Mar. 2024 Hungary is seen as an important bridgehead of Chinese manufacturing capacity in Europe. Mary Hui, Quartz, 26 Feb. 2024 See all Example Sentences for bridgehead 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bridgehead
Noun
  • The smell of bleach triggers memories of cleaning up the blood that was all over the tarmac of the base.
    Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 10 Feb. 2025
  • As my friend in Los Angeles can attest, its overreach has alienated a broad swath of Americans, including many who wouldn’t typically align with Trump’s base.
    Matt K. Lewis, Twin Cities, 9 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • China and Russia have gained footholds in the Middle East and Africa via infrastructure and financial support.
    Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 4 Feb. 2025
  • That foothold could turn competitive as scribes creep into increasingly advanced clinical terrain.
    Erin Brodwin, Axios, 3 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • During World War II, the Nazis transformed the Czech fortress town into a Jewish ghetto and concentration camp, a transit point for over 150,000 Jews sent to their deaths.
    Sean Erwin, Miami Herald, 22 Jan. 2025
  • Finding individuals with the expertise to transform applications into secure fortresses with additional layers of defense for protecting customer data is a challenge.
    Gil Dabah, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Especially in periods when camp rules allowed detainees to create artwork in their cells, the artists’ use of prison detritus and found objects made the artwork more than simply a depiction of what the men lacked, desired or imagined.
    Alexandra Moore, The Conversation, 30 Jan. 2025
  • In 2017, William Finnegan wrote about Trump’s decision to reverse the plans to close the separate detention camp at Guantánamo, and outlined the limits of GITMO’s utility in the fight against terrorism.
    Ian Crouch, The New Yorker, 30 Jan. 2025
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  • Miller has pivoted between center and wing more recently, so there’s the potential for some interchange there.
    Arthur Staple, The Athletic, 2 Feb. 2025
  • The sky was clear but dark and, at the center of a substantial metropolitan area, crowded with lights.
    Matthew L. Wald, The New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2025

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“Bridgehead.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bridgehead. Accessed 13 Feb. 2025.

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