staging area
noun
: an area in which participants in a new especially military operation or mission are assembled and readied
Examples of staging area in a Sentence
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And then we were driven up to the staging area, where all the Broncos were lined up.
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Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, 4 May 2024
Veterinary staff conduct health exams on the pups and they are trucked to a staging area close to the wild den.
—Hayleigh Evans, The Arizona Republic, 3 May 2024
Media staging area is on Eastside of the 3000 Block of Las Vegas Trail.
—Nicole Lopez, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 May 2024
Three cars were making a return trip to staging areas near the Egyptian border, heading along Al-Rasheed Road.
—Mikhail Klimentov, Washington Post, 3 Apr. 2024
The state this month seized control of a public park on the border despite the protests of local officials to use as a staging area for arrests and installation of border barriers.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 18 Jan. 2024
As Border Patrol vans and buses transported some of the migrants away from the staging area, other vehicles brought new arrivals who had just crossed the Rio Grande.
—Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 24 Dec. 2023
Called the McKinley landfill, the green space was used in the 1960s as a staging area for the city’s Fourth of July fireworks, and later as the starting point for the annual Great Circus Parade.
—Eva Wen, Journal Sentinel, 6 Mar. 2024
Military humvees and Texas National Guard troops guard the entrance to the park, which is used as a staging area for patrols.
—USA TODAY, 29 Feb. 2024
Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, 4 May 2024
Veterinary staff conduct health exams on the pups and they are trucked to a staging area close to the wild den.
—Hayleigh Evans, The Arizona Republic, 3 May 2024
Media staging area is on Eastside of the 3000 Block of Las Vegas Trail.
—Nicole Lopez, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 May 2024
Three cars were making a return trip to staging areas near the Egyptian border, heading along Al-Rasheed Road.
—Mikhail Klimentov, Washington Post, 3 Apr. 2024
The state this month seized control of a public park on the border despite the protests of local officials to use as a staging area for arrests and installation of border barriers.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 18 Jan. 2024
As Border Patrol vans and buses transported some of the migrants away from the staging area, other vehicles brought new arrivals who had just crossed the Rio Grande.
—Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 24 Dec. 2023
Called the McKinley landfill, the green space was used in the 1960s as a staging area for the city’s Fourth of July fireworks, and later as the starting point for the annual Great Circus Parade.
—Eva Wen, Journal Sentinel, 6 Mar. 2024
Military humvees and Texas National Guard troops guard the entrance to the park, which is used as a staging area for patrols.
—USA TODAY, 29 Feb. 2024
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“Staging area.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/staging%20area. Accessed 10 May. 2024.
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