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foothold

noun

ˈfu̇t-ˌhōld

Definition of foothold

as in base

a place from which an advance (as for military operations) is made don't let the opposing team push us back down the field and gain a foothold

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Recent Examples of foothold Then there was Jack Grealish, back on another season’s loan from Manchester City, whose second-half cameo gave Everton a foothold in the game. — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026 The acquisition gives Nvidia a major foothold in open-source AI at a moment when open models are increasingly challenging closed systems from companies such as Anthropic and OpenAI, as Fortune previously reported. — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 4 Sep. 2026 Microsoft invested its first $1 billion in OpenAI in 2019, providing the software giant with an early foothold in AI, three years before the launch of ChatGPT. — Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 31 Aug. 2026 Mark Zuckerberg has added an Irish castle to his already formidable real estate portfolio, giving the Meta CEO a 440-acre foothold on the Emerald Isle. — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 25 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for foothold

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Noun

Among a section of the fan-base, such fears risked becoming ingrained.

— Chris Waugh, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
After a short ride across the base, the president’s motorcade pulled up the driveway of a brick building that had what looked like a cinderblock elevator shaft across from it.

— Sonya Ross For The Atlanta Journal-Contitution, AJC.com, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of base

Noun

Delane injured his shoulder while being tackled on the interception, an ailment that cost him time in training camp.

— Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 15 Sep. 2026
Ditka has been losing contemporaries since July of 1964, when Willie Gallimore’s Volkswagen swerved and rolled, killing Gallimore and Bo Farrington in a training camp tragedy.

— Dan Pompei, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026

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Noun

Holding their accounts on freeze like a fortress are smarmy bank managers who laugh in the face of Beirut citizens who attempt a demand on their own funds.

— Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2026
Most of them can’t afford to outfit their own individual townhouses like armed fortresses as Swift has.

— Bridget Read, Curbed, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of fortress

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