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springboard

[spring-bawrd, -bohrd] / ˈsprɪŋˌbɔrd, -ˌboʊrd /
NOUN
jumping-off place
Synonyms
WEAK
beginning of venture beginning point jumping-off point starting blocks starting gate starting line starting post

Example Sentences

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There’s two Loyola High athletes, sprinter Zion Phelps and 400 runner Ejam Yohannes, who hope to use Arcadia as a springboard to continue their early success this season.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026

Tactacon had hoped to pay for her 23-year-old son to graduate from a police academy and for her two daughters, aged 22 and 24, to become nurses, a springboard for high-paying jobs overseas.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 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

And then from there we were able to springboard into the text of the scenes, but we’d already created this foundation of their lives together and their relationships.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2026

And then to just use that interaction as a springboard for other interactions.

From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon