springboard

Example Sentences

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The show plays a key role in supporting emerging artists and its contest has been described as a major career springboard.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

That comment could be the springboard for “Gainsborough: The Fashion of Portraiture,” at the Frick Collection.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

Each prior test of this secular trendline has served as a springboard for higher prices.

From Barron's • Feb. 26, 2026

They would have hoped for that triumph to be a springboard for further success - a platform to grow and continue their upward trajectory under Glasner.

From BBC • Feb. 2, 2026

During those revolutionary years, Boston was the springboard of the rebellion against Great Britain, and the center of activity was the North End.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler