springboard
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The position is also a springboard to higher office.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
This is a real springboard opportunity for Arthur to further build his career.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
“These wars served as springboard for the United States to engage in widespread global diplomatic endeavors and allowed them to become a stronger nation as a whole.”
From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026
Even “Straight White Men,” which uses the old home-for-the-holidays genre as a springboard, can’t help spinning away from the drama’s droll hyper-naturalism toward something resembling performance art.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
And then to just use that interaction as a springboard for other interactions.
From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon
Royal hunts served to exercise a kingdom’s military and occasionally as springboards to war.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026
Some who appear on shows such as Love Island - including influencers Molly-Mae Hague and Maura Higgins - use their time in the villa as springboards to far greater success.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2025
Gingrich said he hopes the documents “will inspire future generations not only as historical records, but also as springboards for active participation in our democracy and for embarking on their own intellectual pursuits and citizenship.”
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 5, 2024
Beyond their impact at the local level, these offices often serve as springboards for state and national candidacies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 9, 2023
Bankruptcy and repudiation are the springboards from which much of our civilization vaults and turns its somersets, but the savage stands on the unelastic plank of famine.
From Walden by Henry David Thoreau
