beachhead
noun
beach·head
ˈbēch-ˌhed 
1
: an area on a hostile shore occupied to secure further landing of troops and supplies
2
: foothold
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Meng was on her way to Mexico to secure a new beachhead for the next generation of wireless infrastructure, known as 5G. The transformation to a 5G network promised inconceivably fast wireless speeds but required a new and denser network of cellular base stations.
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Garrett M. Graff, WIRED, 16 Jan. 2020
Solutions raised by Spanish companies include establishing beachheads in America, developing English-language productions and selling on the open market.
—Emiliano De Pablos, Variety, 21 Oct. 2024
Whatever happens on the battlefield, Moscow has lost forever its cultural sway and beachhead in the bilingual, multinational, and yet now unambiguously Ukrainian east.
—Brian Milakovsky, Foreign Affairs, 31 Mar. 2022
Its handful of beachheads in Europe and Asia—some of them collaborations with other retailers—create major buzz for its online business.
—Benjamin Crudo, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2024
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Garrett M. Graff, WIRED, 16 Jan. 2020
Solutions raised by Spanish companies include establishing beachheads in America, developing English-language productions and selling on the open market.
—Emiliano De Pablos, Variety, 21 Oct. 2024
Whatever happens on the battlefield, Moscow has lost forever its cultural sway and beachhead in the bilingual, multinational, and yet now unambiguously Ukrainian east.
—Brian Milakovsky, Foreign Affairs, 31 Mar. 2022
Its handful of beachheads in Europe and Asia—some of them collaborations with other retailers—create major buzz for its online business.
—Benjamin Crudo, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2024
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beachhead
noun
beach·head
ˈbēch-ˌhed
: an area on an enemy shore held by an advance force of an invading army to protect the later landing of troops or supplies
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