foothold

Example Sentences

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This is positive for AEM to gain a foothold in Taiwanese market, the analyst says.

From The Wall Street Journal

Energy drinks have gained a foothold among younger consumers, who are drinking less alcohol than older generations and giving priority to fitness.

From The Wall Street Journal

To date, CoreWeave has secured a foothold in the market by rapidly providing the latest Nvidia architecture at a time when AI labs need as much capacity as they can get.

From Barron's

The gas crisis gave these smaller cars a foothold in the American market that became permanent.

From Los Angeles Times

With his left foot, he felt for the first foothold, just a little higher than the ledge.

From Literature