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

On paper, Roosevelt's new job would seem to be a first-rate launching platform for what he really wants to do: run next year against Nelson Rockefeller for Governor of New York.

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)