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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It's established a beachhead in sports medicine — a lucrative industry that's willing to pay up to save athletes from future injury.
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Erin Brodwin, Axios, 24 Jan. 2025
With Eraserhead, Elephant Man and Dune to his credit, Mr. Lynch had already established his beachhead inside the realm of the bizarre, but this latest venture takes him a lot further.
—Stephen Galloway, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Jan. 2025
On the Sea Islands of South Carolina, where the Union established a beachhead just seven months into the war, white planters fled the approaching Army while some ten thousand slaves stayed put.
—Scott Spillman, The New Yorker, 29 Jan. 2025
As for his goals for Leon Capital, De Leon is currently working to establish new beachheads for his industrial real estate business in Mexico and also plans to invest more heavily in his lending and insurance companies.
—Monica Hunter-Hart, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2024
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Erin Brodwin, Axios, 24 Jan. 2025
With Eraserhead, Elephant Man and Dune to his credit, Mr. Lynch had already established his beachhead inside the realm of the bizarre, but this latest venture takes him a lot further.
—Stephen Galloway, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Jan. 2025
On the Sea Islands of South Carolina, where the Union established a beachhead just seven months into the war, white planters fled the approaching Army while some ten thousand slaves stayed put.
—Scott Spillman, The New Yorker, 29 Jan. 2025
As for his goals for Leon Capital, De Leon is currently working to establish new beachheads for his industrial real estate business in Mexico and also plans to invest more heavily in his lending and insurance companies.
—Monica Hunter-Hart, Forbes, 29 Dec. 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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