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Recent Examples of toehold
Lakes as small as Last Chance and Goodenough, both little more than shallow ponds, could at best have offered early life a toehold before their phosphates would have been depleted.
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Byrobert F. Service, science.org, 24 Feb. 2025
Given the challenges coming from Beijing, justices said Washington was within its power to deny it one of its strongest toeholds out of concern that it could be used to surveil Americans, steal their secrets, and feed them a stream of propaganda useful to China’s big-picture goals.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 28 Jan. 2025
What this means for the United States is that countries covertly or openly opposed to the maintenance and expansion of U.S. influence—whether globally or within its own hemisphere—are gaining more than a toehold.
—Christopher Sabatini, Foreign Affairs, 8 Nov. 2017
But tech experts remain skeptical of whether Microsoft can seriously expand its toehold in the smartphone market.
—IEEE Spectrum, 5 Sep. 2013
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Byrobert F. Service, science.org, 24 Feb. 2025
Given the challenges coming from Beijing, justices said Washington was within its power to deny it one of its strongest toeholds out of concern that it could be used to surveil Americans, steal their secrets, and feed them a stream of propaganda useful to China’s big-picture goals.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 28 Jan. 2025
What this means for the United States is that countries covertly or openly opposed to the maintenance and expansion of U.S. influence—whether globally or within its own hemisphere—are gaining more than a toehold.
—Christopher Sabatini, Foreign Affairs, 8 Nov. 2017
But tech experts remain skeptical of whether Microsoft can seriously expand its toehold in the smartphone market.
—IEEE Spectrum, 5 Sep. 2013
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for toehold
Noun
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There was no massive attack and no other break points, apart from that perfect return game cameo that gave him a foothold.—
Tim Ellis,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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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.—
Ethan Baron,
Mercury News,
5 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Benintendi found his footing at the plate in the second inning, hitting a solo home run.—
LaMond Pope,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Sep. 2025
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Recent cyberattacks, staffing shortages, and federal funding cutbacks have put some hospitals on what appears to be a constant emergency footing.—
Edward Segal,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Toehold.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/toehold. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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