as in base
a place from which an advance (as for military operations) is made
don't let the opposing team push us back down the field and gain a foothold
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Recent Examples of foothold
Regardless of how Tesla’s push pans out, Uber and Lyft are forming separate alliances to gain a foothold in Texas.
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Harri Weber, Quartz, 10 Feb. 2025
China and Russia have gained footholds in the Middle East and Africa via infrastructure and financial support.
—Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 4 Feb. 2025
Temu and Shein used to gain a foothold in the U.S. market.
—Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 3 Feb. 2025
That foothold could turn competitive as scribes creep into increasingly advanced clinical terrain.
—Erin Brodwin, Axios, 3 Feb. 2025
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Harri Weber, Quartz, 10 Feb. 2025
China and Russia have gained footholds in the Middle East and Africa via infrastructure and financial support.
—Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 4 Feb. 2025
Temu and Shein used to gain a foothold in the U.S. market.
—Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 3 Feb. 2025
That foothold could turn competitive as scribes creep into increasingly advanced clinical terrain.
—Erin Brodwin, Axios, 3 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for foothold
Noun
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Another community member sought answers after learning a relative had been flown to an ICE facility on the naval base in Guantanamo, Cuba – only after seeing his name listed in The New York Times.—
Lauren Villagran,
USA TODAY,
23 Feb. 2025
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Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said that his country, a key logistics base for support to Ukraine since Russia’s full-scale invasion nearly three years ago, won’t send troops into its neighbor.—
Jill Lawless,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Feb. 2025
Noun
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And 95-year-old David Schecter survived not one, but two extermination camps.—
Lee Cowan,
CBS News,
23 Feb. 2025
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But what played out next within Alpine’s camp was not discussed with Komatsu.—
Madeline Coleman,
The Athletic,
23 Feb. 2025
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But storybook fortresses aren’t exclusive to mythical kingdoms and romantic tales.—
Gulnaz Khan,
AFAR Media,
13 Feb. 2025
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The Gothic fortress on West 23rd Street was once home to many of the twentieth century’s beautiful and damned—Bob Dylan, Patti Smith, Leonard Cohen, Janis Joplin, and Sid Vicious among them.—
Ian Malone,
Vogue,
13 Feb. 2025
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“Foothold.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foothold. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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