staging ground

noun

Synonyms of staging groundnext
: a place where something is planned or initiated

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Since then, libertarian-minded organizations have sometimes used islands as staging grounds for real-world political projects. — Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 14 Apr. 2026 Several large parcels owned by the CTA — formerly staging grounds for the Red and Purple Line reconstruction — are now vacant. — Patricia Sharkey, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025 Many support a deal that would neither allow Syria to be used as a staging ground for attacks against Israel nor endorse Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territory. — Taylor Luck, Christian Science Monitor, 15 Sep. 2025 These religious sites and sacred areas throughout Ukraine have not been used by the Ukrainian Armed Forces or Ukrainian volunteer battalions as staging grounds to fight against Russian forces. — Mark Temnycky, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for staging ground

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First Known Use

1970, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of staging ground was in 1970

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