springboard
Example Sentences
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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
Rather than those games against Manchester City and Arsenal being an awful start, they proved to be a springboard.
From BBC • Apr. 1, 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
And then from there we were able to springboard into the text of the scenes, but we’d already created this foundation of their lives together and their relationships.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2026
Adrenaline coursed through me as I visualized just how I’d hit the springboard.
From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles
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