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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Twelve years later Uber arrived, and San Francisco was the first beachhead for its mass invasion of thousands of new drivers.
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Wired Staff, WIRED, 20 Nov. 2024
If California was a beachhead for Japanese auto imports in the Sixties and Seventies, the Northeast was the landing point for European cars in the Fifties and Sixties.
—Raphael Orlove, Robb Report, 27 Nov. 2024
The need to stave off a potential Moscow beachhead on the Adriatic is one reason that Slovenia and Croatia vigorously advocate for Montenegro’s admission to NATO.
—Edward P. Joseph, Foreign Affairs, 26 June 2014
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.
—Garrett M. Graff, WIRED, 16 Jan. 2020
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Wired Staff, WIRED, 20 Nov. 2024
If California was a beachhead for Japanese auto imports in the Sixties and Seventies, the Northeast was the landing point for European cars in the Fifties and Sixties.
—Raphael Orlove, Robb Report, 27 Nov. 2024
The need to stave off a potential Moscow beachhead on the Adriatic is one reason that Slovenia and Croatia vigorously advocate for Montenegro’s admission to NATO.
—Edward P. Joseph, Foreign Affairs, 26 June 2014
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.
—Garrett M. Graff, WIRED, 16 Jan. 2020
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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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