springboard
Example Sentences
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Tactacon had hoped to pay for her 23-year-old son to graduate from a police academy and for her two daughters, aged 22 and 24, to become nurses, a springboard for high-paying jobs overseas.
From BBC
The company behind the robot, Yunji, is a mainland Chinese tech business that is aiming to use Hong Kong as a springboard for successful overseas expansion.
From BBC
The show plays a key role in supporting emerging artists and its contest has been described as a major career springboard.
From BBC
He hit headlines in the 1990 games after striking and cutting his head on the springboard while competing.
From BBC
That comment could be the springboard for “Gainsborough: The Fashion of Portraiture,” at the Frick Collection.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
