How to Use launchpad in a Sentence

launchpad

noun

• In 2013, the two beefed over who could lease a NASA launchpad.
  — Chloe Berger, Fortune, 13 Sep. 2023
• The Rolex 24 at Daytona is the launchpad for racing around the world.
  — Bruce Martin, Forbes, 26 Jan. 2023
• The fire on state park land south of the launchpad was extinguished.
  — Bloomberg Wire, Dallas News, 29 Apr. 2023
• But the hope of any off-world future starts on a launchpad, like the one at least some of us will be watching next week.
  — Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 27 Aug. 2022
• Starship would be caught by a pair of chopstick-like arms that extend from the launchpad.
  — Christian Davenport, Washington Post, 10 Nov. 2023
• The missile could blow up on the launchpad, explains Wellerstein.
  — WIRED, 27 Feb. 2023
• The rocket will now undergo a week of testing at the launchpad.
  — Jason Abbruzzese, NBC News, 22 Feb. 2024
• Russia seized Crimea from Ukraine in 2014 and used it as one of the launchpads for its full-scale invasion last year.
  — Reuters, NBC News, 3 May 2023
• This is the second time in five days that technical issues have kept the spacecraft on the launchpad.
  — Sarah Rumpf, Fox News, 3 Sep. 2022
• Using what happened today as a launchpad for the next day is a key to resilience.
  — Mike Kessler, Men's Health, 25 May 2022
• There was a fire on the launchpad during the test that resulted in the deaths of all three astronauts inside.
  — Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 3 Dec. 2023
• The next time an opponent drives into the lane with a clear path and a launchpad, Allen will be waiting, ready to meet him at the summit.
  — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 31 Dec. 2022
• That projectile, its nose cone wheeled to the launchpad by a bicycle, put a small payload 124 miles above the Earth.
  — Alex Travelli, New York Times, 4 July 2023
• The apparent damage to the launchpad could complicate Musk’s hopes to launch Starship again in the next few months.
  — Loren Grush, Bloomberg.com, 26 Apr. 2023
• Standing on the launchpad, parts of the rocket can tolerate sustained winds up to 74 knots.
  — WIRED, 16 Nov. 2022
• For those who did end up in the tech orbit, Thiel companies were sometimes just a launchpad.
  — Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2023
• Some of the largest investments were already on the launchpad when Lightfoot took office.
  — Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune, 13 Jan. 2023
• This story is about what happens when journalists shoot for the stars and find out their work never even got to the launchpad.
  — Dawn Ennis, Forbes, 25 June 2022
• But three hours into the test flight, a fire swept through the launchpad's command module, trapping and killing the astronauts.
  — Tori B. Powell, CBS News, 4 June 2022
• The Super Heavy booster started its engines for less than 10 seconds while still strapped to the launchpad.
  — Jackie Wattles, CNN, 9 Feb. 2023
• Boeing was eager to catch up, but Starliner couldn’t get off the launchpad.
  — Christian Davenport, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2023
• On Monday, the most powerful rocket in the world sat on the launchpad in Boca Chica, Texas, ready for its first flight.
  — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Apr. 2023
• Belarus was used by Russia as a launchpad for the invasion.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 6 May 2022
• Then another blew up on the launchpad during an engine test in 2016.
  — Christian Davenport, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2023
• Most entry-level jobs are seen as launchpads for Gen Z careers - and that’s where AI is moving in.
  — Chris Westfall, Forbes, 17 July 2023
• The roster changes, combined with a promising young core, created the launchpad for a takeoff.
  — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 19 Apr. 2022
• For Tyson, the choice of Thailand as the launchpad for Tyson 2.0's Asian expansion is no coincidence.
  — Javier Hasse, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2024
• But the launch achieved a number of important milestones, with the rocket flying for four minutes and getting well clear of the launchpad.
  — Kenneth Chang, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2023
• Nor is this the only reason why Web3 could be a reliable launchpad for your business.
  — Solo Ceesay, Rolling Stone, 22 Sep. 2022
• Kickstarter has been a launchpad for a lot of creativity, a lot of dreams coming true since its founding in 2009.
  — Fortune Editors, Fortune, 1 Mar. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024