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staging area

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Definition of staging area

as in staging ground

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Recent Examples of staging area Summers said crews had set up a staging area for parents to reunite with their children at the site of the crash at Wilson Creek and Old Boston roads. — Lillian Metzmeier, Louisville Courier Journal, 24 Aug. 2026 As in past years, the airport is the staging area for the Chicago Air & Water Show on Saturday and Sunday over Lake Michigan’s Chicago beaches near Lake Shore Drive. — Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2026 The area is considered strategically significant for its proximity to the Taipei port and beaches in Taiwan that could serve as a valuable staging area for the Chinese military. — Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026 After Superstorm Sandy, the American Red Cross used it for a mobile kitchen and a staging area for relief. — Henry Kornaros, Curbed, 26 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for staging area

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Compared with white people, Black people and other racial minorities have historically participated far less in clinical trials — the primary staging ground for exploring the efficacy and safety of drugs.

— Jerel Ezell, STAT, 1 May 2026
During a late afternoon this past October in Goodwood, England, at an airfield that was formerly a staging ground for the Royal Air force during World War II, a massive hangar was shrouded in mystery and redolent with a sense of anticipation.

— Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 14 Apr. 2026

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The latest forecast predicts the center will pass roughly 115 to 150 miles west of Kauai, close enough that any additional eastward shifts in the track could bring stronger winds and greater impacts, particularly to Kauai, the hurricane center said.

— Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2026
The center makes the protection calls, and often, zone runs cut vertically toward the center.

— Ted Nguyen, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026

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