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Springboard
Definition:
(n.) An elastic board, secured at the ends, or at one end, often by elastic supports, used in performing feats of agility or in exercising.
Example Sentences:
(1) If you doubt it, look at the hated Irish senate, which the constitution unit calls a " springboard for aspiring MPs ".
(2) Our study provides a springboard for a broader discussion of the problems involved in selecting and implementing new technology in family practice.
(3) A puppet Government set up at Vichy which may at any moment be forced to become our foe; the whole western seaboard of Europe, from the North Cape to the Spanish frontier, in German hands; all the ports, all the airfields upon this immense front employed against us as potential springboards of invasion.
(4) Ronald Koeman falls off Wembley springboard in humiliating fashion | David Hytner Read more There was to be no Southampton revival from then on in.
(5) These ideas focus, for example, on how to tackle the secular stagnation in median wages; how to redistribute power to cities to spread economic wealth; how to modernise the education curriculum for a creative age; how to build a secure, low-carbon European energy future; how to make the welfare state an effective springboard out of poverty; how to combat humanitarian catastrophe where it occurs and before it becomes an immigration crisis on the shores of Europe.
(6) Only time will tell if the Massachusetts senator uses the episode as a springboard for a 2016 campaign she still claims not to want, or if it becomes merely a moment of “peak Warren” in the media, but the growing influence of her wing of the party is real.
(7) Le Pen is hoping to use the region as a northern laboratory and springboard for her presidential campaign in 2017.
(8) Last summer, the Turkish port city of Izmir became the springboard for hundreds of thousands of refugees hoping to reach Greece .
(9) Western officials fear JFS will not only dominate the jihadi landscape in the Levant following the defeat of Isis, but may also provide a springboard for al-Qaida to launch strikes into Europe, should the group change its current strategy.
(10) Republicans have moved swiftly to try to turn their triumph in Wisconsin's recall election into a springboard for Mitt Romney's presidential campaign.
(11) "It's impossible to quantify a Modi factor in state elections but it's a very good result for the BJP and gives them a real springboard for the contest next spring," said Swapan Dasgupta, a political analyst.
(12) For Austria’s far right, defeat may be a springboard | Jeremy Cliffe Read more Undoubtedly, this is a story of economic grievances – magnified by the 2008 financial crash – colliding with anti-immigrant sentiment.
(13) Your editorial (29 March) argues that the Byles bill now before parliament, which, for the first time, allows peers to resign, could lead to aspirant politicians using the Lords as a springboard into Commons seats, thus diluting its independence.
(14) I also recalled how the CIA had told me that they would "fake" an escape for me if I agreed to work for them, which would springboard me into al-Qaida automatically.
(15) They were also "a springboard for apprenticeships or entry into work", he said.
(16) France's biggest company is to purchase 60% of SunPower Corporation, the second biggest solar panel manufacturer in America, and use it as a new springboard into a renewable sector struggling for competitive edge.
(17) And these are artists that make it really easy to do because they’re so personal.” Meanwhile Kanyezine , edited by Australian artist Annabel Brady-Brown, uses Kanye West as a creative springboard.
(18) The NDHS experience served as a springboard for designing the MRFIT nutrition intervention and data collection procedures.
(19) Council housing can be a great safety net to help get people back on their feet, but it should be a springboard, not a destination."
(20) The borders in the south [of Libya , where most migrants first enter the country] are open, and there is always going to be an appetite for it.” Risking death in the Mediterranean: the least bad option for so many migrants Read more Interviews with migrants this week in Libya, the primary springboard for illegal boat trips to Europe , also suggest that the high demand continues.