staging area
noun
: an area in which participants in a new especially military operation or mission are assembled and readied
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In the process of aborting the plan because of operational difficulties, a U.S. helicopter crashed into a transport plane at the desert staging area, killing eight servicemen.
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Marty Steinberg, CNBC, 29 Dec. 2024
Carter authorized a secret military mission to rescue the hostages in April 1980, but it was aborted at the desert staging area; during the withdrawal, eight servicemen were killed when a helicopter crashed into a transport aircraft.
—Scott Kraft, Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2024
Petco Park’s infield was transformed into a staging area where riders on horses or steers emerged from chutes, while the outfield was covered with dirt for the competition area, with the tall yellow foul-ball pole providing the only hint to the park’s usual layout.
—Gary Warth, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Jan. 2025
World & Nation Texas offers land on U.S.-Mexico border as staging area for Trump’s planned mass deportations
Nov. 20, 2024
McAllen Mayor Javier Villalobos is at odds with Paxton, a fellow Republican, over the Catholic Charities investigation.
—Valerie Gonzalez, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2025
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Marty Steinberg, CNBC, 29 Dec. 2024
Carter authorized a secret military mission to rescue the hostages in April 1980, but it was aborted at the desert staging area; during the withdrawal, eight servicemen were killed when a helicopter crashed into a transport aircraft.
—Scott Kraft, Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2024
Petco Park’s infield was transformed into a staging area where riders on horses or steers emerged from chutes, while the outfield was covered with dirt for the competition area, with the tall yellow foul-ball pole providing the only hint to the park’s usual layout.
—Gary Warth, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Jan. 2025
World & Nation Texas offers land on U.S.-Mexico border as staging area for Trump’s planned mass deportations
Nov. 20, 2024
McAllen Mayor Javier Villalobos is at odds with Paxton, a fellow Republican, over the Catholic Charities investigation.
—Valerie Gonzalez, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2025
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“Staging area.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/staging%20area. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.
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