jumping-off place

Example Sentences

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A book was a big jumping-off place for me.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 14, 2025

This criteria as a jumping-off place naturally leads to a wildly diverse group of people.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 3, 2022

Romanoff told me in May that the internet is a perfect jumping-off place for a story about growing up: “The question of coming-of-age is the enormous question of ‘how can you be yourself?’

From The Verge • Nov. 7, 2017

The Seattle Chamber of Commerce acted quickly to promote the city as the leading outfitter for miners and jumping-off place for the Klondike, pre-empting Tacoma, Portland, San Francisco and Vancouver, B.C.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 10, 2017

A stone weir slowed the current and was a favorite diving and jumping-off place.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan