as in staging ground
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Recent Examples of staging area
The facility serves as a staging area for US Marines and their equipment to deploy to amphibious ships like the New Orleans, which is 684 feet long with a displacement of 24,000 tons.
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Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2025
About 1,800 miles from China's coastline, Guam serves as a strategic staging area for projecting U.S. military power in the Indo-Pacific and is home to three major military facilities: Andersen Air Force Base, Naval Base Guam and Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz.
—Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Aug. 2025
The Route 31 overflow lot had been used as a construction staging area, and the Third Street commuter permit lots south of the tracks were closed in 2023 for reconstruction, according to the city’s webpage about the project.
—Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2025
Russia has also sought control over the islands at the river’s mouth, to provide them with forward staging areas for artillery, drones, and logistics.
—Vikram Mittal, Forbes.com, 23 July 2025
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Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2025
About 1,800 miles from China's coastline, Guam serves as a strategic staging area for projecting U.S. military power in the Indo-Pacific and is home to three major military facilities: Andersen Air Force Base, Naval Base Guam and Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz.
—Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Aug. 2025
The Route 31 overflow lot had been used as a construction staging area, and the Third Street commuter permit lots south of the tracks were closed in 2023 for reconstruction, according to the city’s webpage about the project.
—Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2025
Russia has also sought control over the islands at the river’s mouth, to provide them with forward staging areas for artillery, drones, and logistics.
—Vikram Mittal, Forbes.com, 23 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for staging area
Noun
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Or the Outer Space Treaty could break down and the moon could become a heavily militarized zone—even a staging ground for nuclear weapons.—
Ross Andersen,
The Atlantic,
10 Aug. 2025
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The Miccosukee Tribe was in loose talks to purchase the property and conserve it, and the state of Florida was interested in snapping up the land to use as a staging ground for hurricane supplies while agreeing to halt any future development on the rest of the site.—
Alex Harris
July 3,
Miami Herald,
3 July 2025
Noun
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But the center’s allegations are of another type.—
Sean Durns,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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According to Pliops, deploying Pliops XDP LightningAI in data centers offers significant cost savings.—
Thomas Coughlin,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Staging area.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/staging%20area. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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