springboard

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There’s two Loyola High athletes, sprinter Zion Phelps and 400 runner Ejam Yohannes, who hope to use Arcadia as a springboard to continue their early success this season.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026

The show plays a key role in supporting emerging artists and its contest has been described as a major career springboard.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

That then served as a springboard for an international career.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026

If the level holds, it could act as a springboard to further gains.

From Barron's • Feb. 9, 2026

So together, Reader and Vincent used HeLa cells as the springboard to launch the first industrial-scale, for-profit cell distribution center.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot