springboard

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CoreWeave is closely tied to Microsoft, OpenAI and a smattering of other large players, while Nebius seems to view deals with the big players as a springboard to reach a much wider set of customers.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

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

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

“What your wife is doing is neither good nor bad. Saints can spring from any soil. Maybe with this money she would do some fine thing. There’s no springboard to philanthropy like a bad conscience.”

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck