staging area

noun

Definition of staging areanext
as in staging ground

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Recent Examples of staging area Shea Stadium served as a staging area for relief supplies in the days after the attacks on the World Trade Center. — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026 Azerbaijan is very upset about a June 5 report on CNN that Israeli troops had used the country as a staging area for attacks on Iran. — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 24 Aug. 2026 The technician secured the victim in a rescue harness, and the pair were extracted to awaiting rescue personnel at the staging area. — Tim Fang, CBS News, 24 Aug. 2026 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 See All Example Sentences for staging area
Recent Examples of Synonyms for staging area
  1. staging ground
  2. center
Noun
  • 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
Definition of staging ground
Noun
  • For years, hospitals have been buying and building outpatient centers, and then funneling more care to them.
    — Bob Herman, STAT, 5 Oct. 2026
  • An institution built explicitly to neutralize biological catastrophes is now at the center of one.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of center

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