springboard

Example Sentences

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Using the billboard business as a springboard into new industries, Turner started buying local radio stations across the South in the late 1960s.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

Rather than those games against Manchester City and Arsenal being an awful start, they proved to be a springboard.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

But this time, the goal is to build a permanent Moon base to exploit its natural resources and provide a springboard for an attempt to reach Mars.

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

Using it as a springboard, he bounced nimbly on to the ramparts and vanished, sucking fiercely at his paw.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques