launching platform
Example Sentences
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At that point, it seemed as if West might be permanently decentering himself, or at least using his success primarily as a launching platform for others.
From New York Times ● Aug. 31, 2021
One summer, I became obsessed with the idea of actually seeing the famed fireworks shoot skyward from their protected launching platform in a backstage industrial area.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2019
The NBC reality series is widely considered to be the true launching platform for Trump’s political career, but it also gave Manigault a long career as one of unscripted television’s most famous villains.
From Salon ● Oct. 10, 2016
They got in touch with General Mills, Inc., which had developed enormous balloons of polyethylene film, asked if the company could design a balloon that could serve as a launching platform.
From Time Magazine Archive
Standing on a launching platform was a Jovian space ship around which a battle raged.
From Giants on the Earth by Meek, S. P. (Sterner St. Paul)
