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
Waymo will take its first foothold in the South Bay by launching robotaxi service at Mineta San Jose International Airport, after airport authorities authorized its operations at terminals.
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Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2025
Several experts made mention of the latter point, telling Newsweek that graduates may be less of an exception than a sign of a widespread employment difficulties, which historically fall hardest on the newer entrants trying to get a foothold.
—Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
But Pillersdorf and other Democrats are hoping cuts to the social safety net will provide a new political foothold.
—Chris Kenning, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
Investors large and small are rushing in, and tech giants like Microsoft, Amazon, OpenAI, and NVIDIA are scrambling to get a foothold for fear of missing out.
—Maya Cakmak, IEEE Spectrum, 3 Sep. 2025
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Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2025
Several experts made mention of the latter point, telling Newsweek that graduates may be less of an exception than a sign of a widespread employment difficulties, which historically fall hardest on the newer entrants trying to get a foothold.
—Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
But Pillersdorf and other Democrats are hoping cuts to the social safety net will provide a new political foothold.
—Chris Kenning, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
Investors large and small are rushing in, and tech giants like Microsoft, Amazon, OpenAI, and NVIDIA are scrambling to get a foothold for fear of missing out.
—Maya Cakmak, IEEE Spectrum, 3 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for foothold
Noun
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The set includes the base and blade attachment plus three cups, lip rings, resealable lids, a to-go lid, and recipe card.—
Alicia Geigel,
Southern Living,
16 Sep. 2025
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The Chanel Chance Eau Tendre Body Oil features the same sparkling grapefruit-quince accord and gentle base of jasmine and white musk.—
Sophia Panych,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Hill missed nearly a month of training camp and preseason with an oblique injury.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
10 Sep. 2025
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But there wasn’t an obvious upward trajectory during training camp and the preseason.—
Doug Kyed,
Boston Herald,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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What can any of us make of our momentary intimate lives in such an immense world, with equally immense unknowns, mysteries as great as death or the whale, as deep as love or the ocean, as sad and beautiful as a jellyfish torn and glistening in a small fortress of shore rock?—
Natalie Diaz
September 11,
Literary Hub,
11 Sep. 2025
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The Kremlin has succeeded in building a fortress economy, but one that is fortified against the future more than against the enemy.—
Jeremy Shapiro,
The Atlantic,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Foothold.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foothold. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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