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staging area

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as in staging ground

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Recent Examples of staging area 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 Fighters have been emerging for their bouts from inside the presidential residence, using it as a staging area to get warmed up. — Zac Anderson, USA Today, 14 June 2026 Pino was eventually transferred to another police boat and taken to Elliott Key, where firefighters and police set up a triage and staging area. — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 10 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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Rosignoli also recommended the Museo Civico Naturalistico-Archeologico in Vicenza, which has finds from Lake Fimon and Teatro Berga, an actual Roman theater that once stood in the city center.

— Julia Buckley, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026
The Fever played without center Aliyah Boston, who was sidelined by a right leg injury.

— Jay Cohen, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2026

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