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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Our research suggests that the company’s variable cost base is quite small, roughly 20% of total operating expenses.—
StockStory Team,
CNBC,
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
Noun
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This fortress comes as Buffett struggles to find his next big investment target.—
Fred Imbert,
CNBC,
22 Feb. 2025
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Not even Martin Short’s lady friend and her fortress of Oscar statuettes are immune to the chaos Kate McKinnon’s paranormal sketches can unleash on your psyche.—
Devon Ivie,
Vulture,
16 Feb. 2025
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“Foothold.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foothold. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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