jumping-off place
Example Sentences
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Indeed, her husband, her parents and her career are the foundations of many stories, but “the real jumping-off place of the book is where I was let go from my job,” she explains.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2025
Romanoff told me in May that the internet is a perfect jumping-off place for a story about growing up: “The question of coming-of-age is the enormous question of ‘how can you be yourself?’
From The Verge • Nov. 7, 2017
The Seattle Chamber of Commerce acted quickly to promote the city as the leading outfitter for miners and jumping-off place for the Klondike, pre-empting Tacoma, Portland, San Francisco and Vancouver, B.C.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 10, 2017
His headquarters had been New York, but he also used that as a jumping-off place for rides in Florida, Kentucky and, especially, the prestigious summer meeting at Saratoga.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 2, 2015
A stone weir slowed the current and was a favorite diving and jumping-off place.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
