How to Use springboard in a Sentence

springboard

1 of 2 noun
  • The news served as a springboard for a class discussion.
  • This game should be a springboard for that.
    — George Caulkin, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2026
  • So now the Bears get their chance to use it as a springboard.
    — Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 12 May 2023
  • Howard used that setback as a springboard.
    — Mike Defabo, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025
  • This role has been a springboard for three head coaches in the past decade.
    — Zach Berman, New York Times, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Use failure as a springboard for learning, not as a mark of blame.
    — Josh Dunham, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
  • Oh, and springboard skills that soon morph into the power of flight.
    — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Mar. 2022
  • There was a time when TV was viewed as the springboard to the big screen.
    — Lisa Respers France, CNN, 15 Apr. 2023
  • The show has long been a springboard for artists seeking to launch a tour or new album.
    — Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 May 2022
  • For all of the young cast, the film was a springboard into super-stardom.
    — Amanda Taylor, Peoplemag, 17 Aug. 2022
  • Toma believes this series could be a springboard not only for him but the whole team.
    — Paul Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 22 Apr. 2026
  • The Rockies once served as a springboard for front-office strivers.
    — Andy McCullough, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Howard’s potential killing may be the springboard here, but this compact tale is about so much more than that.
    — Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2023
  • And that was a springboard into me learning more about health and fitness and diet.
    — Clarissa Cruz, EW.com, 26 Sep. 2022
  • Back came Iyo into the match with a springboard dropkick on Perez.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 25 Jan. 2026
  • Of course, the original movie itself was there as a springboard for Zinn.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 3 Oct. 2022
  • The team at Submarine used the live-action footage as a springboard for their work.
    — Wilson Chapman, Variety, 5 Apr. 2022
  • Read more about Cannes, better known as the springboard to the Oscars.
    — John Ross, Vanity Fair, 7 May 2026
  • Winter leafy greens are another simple springboard for all sorts of meals, sides, and snacks.
    — Sarah Garone, Health, 23 Jan. 2023
  • If the moon is a springboard, Mars is the destination.
    — Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 23 Mar. 2026
  • With a job that has been such a powerful springboard, many will be watching Watkins’s progress.
    — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 27 May 2026
  • What may have initially seemed like a hurdle, however, turned out to be a springboard.
    — Nick Romano, EW.com, 2 Aug. 2022
  • That memorable night in Bilbao should be a springboard for more success.
    — Jay Harris, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2025
  • The shift opens up the Sunday-evening perch, which can serve as a springboard to more visible duties.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 18 Feb. 2024
  • In an instant—using a tree as a springboard—a young Yakushima macaque jumped onto the deer’s back.
    — Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 31 Aug. 2023
  • In this way, VR becomes a springboard for dialogue, not a stand-alone tool.
    — Ekaterina Muravevskaia, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Teams rally around leaders who admit mistakes, share lessons, and use setbacks as springboards.
    — Big Think, 25 Nov. 2025
  • Thousands of swimmers and divers are preparing for another year in the pool and on the springboard.
    — Brendan Connelly, The Enquirer, 28 Nov. 2022
  • DatPiff may well yet become the same kind of springboard for a new generation of acts.
    — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 8 Jan. 2024
  • With his speed and catch radius, he is primed for a breakout season, which could be a springboard to a first-round selection.
    — Dane Brugler, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026

springboard

2 of 2 verb
  • It’s been nice to meet other filmmakers that are using their shorts to try and springboard them.
    — Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Pearce hopes the show will help springboard him into other roles and opportunities.
    — Liz Rothaus Bertrand, Charlotte Observer, 7 Feb. 2024
  • Many entities were able to springboard off the change in lifestyle to its consumers that the pandemic brought to the table.
    — Josh Wilson, Forbes, 16 July 2022
  • The American was on the shoulder of the Jamaican by 80m, and seemed to springboard off the turn.
    — Liam Tharme, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
  • In recent years, his relationship with Swift helped springboard him into mainstream fame.
    — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Can anybody reasonably doubt that this win could springboard them to a second consecutive title?
    — Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2021
  • The critter’s girthy gams thrust from behind to springboard the body up and out; a pair of acrobatic arms stretch forward to seamlessly break the fall.
    — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 15 June 2022
  • Each tells its own tale of how companies have harnessed AI to springboard growth in interesting ways.
    — John Werner, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Izzo and his players hope Tuesday’s win over the Terps will springboard them toward finishing among the top four.
    — Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, 10 Feb. 2023
  • Saving the season will start with grinding through this next patch of games and somehow stacking points in a fashion that springboards them back into the playoff race.
    — Jonas Siegel, New York Times, 19 Nov. 2025
  • Universal used the attention to springboard its way to a phenomenon.
    — Washington Post, 13 May 2021
  • For Tessa Filipczyk, this year was supposed to springboard her career in marine and coastal science.
    — Catarina Saraiva, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2020
  • But the key to that is accepting that feeling and then using that feeling of pain or suffering or whatever that is to help springboard you to the next one.
    — Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News, 14 Oct. 2021
  • Knowing her husband's passion for yard work, Keke wanted to springboard his efforts and help make his dream a reality.
    — Seth Carnell, USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2024
  • That goal helped springboard the Atlantic Division to a 7-5 victory in the final game of the night.
    — Colby Guy, USA TODAY, 4 Feb. 2023
  • Themes are tight and cellular, yet wide-open enough to springboard the quartet’s fanciful improvisations.
    — Hannah Edgar, chicagotribune.com, 23 Mar. 2022
  • All the years of manifesting his goals ended with a dramatic coronation at the trials, one that could springboard him to a second Olympic gold medal.
    — oregonlive, 30 July 2021
  • There is no better time than Small Business Month to springboard your sales for the rest of the year in Q3 and Q4.
    — Micah Logan, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
  • The way the Mavericks are going to springboard into the title contender discussion isn’t the draft or free agency, anyway.
    — Tim Cowlishaw, Dallas News, 17 Nov. 2020
  • Both quarterbacks will be looking for a strong finish to springboard them in 2023 after their teams slumped at the end of the regular season.
    — Mark Heim | [email protected], al, 28 Dec. 2022
  • The brisker the spread, the more chances a variant with enhanced capabilities has to springboard into broader circulation.
    — Melissa Healy, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2021
  • The companies that see these opportunities first and those that can capitalize on them will springboard ahead of their competition.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 6 Apr. 2021
  • The strongest provide several key features and solutions that can springboard a startup into a thriving, self-sustaining business.
    — Rhett Power, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
  • The Timbers picked up results in eight of their past 10 games since late August to springboard to the top half of the Western Conference table.
    — Portland Timbers and Thorns Fc, oregonlive, 22 Oct. 2021
  • But Metzler’s dedication to the job helped springboard her into other opportunities.
    — Rosie Colosi, NBC News, 21 Sep. 2021
  • Segmenting your sales teams based on the individual strengths of teams, support and clients can help springboard your fix into a differentiator for your organization.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 5 Apr. 2021
  • This naturally spurs Hunter’s desire to springboard a potential win into superstardom.
    — Courtney Howard, Variety, 7 Apr. 2022
  • McDonald's didn't say if the chicken Big Mac will be available nationwide but hinted the test run in Florida could springboard it to a menu near you.
    — Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 22 Aug. 2022
  • Our choice clearly isn't the best starting point from which to springboard a camper company specializing in affordable, inconspicuous caravans.
    — New Atlas, 22 Mar. 2025
  • Both are looking to springboard into the next stage of their careers behind the camera, Diggs as producer helping artist friends get projects off the ground and Casal with an eye to direct his first feature.
    — Jen Yamato, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2021

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