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
Streameast established a foothold among American fans, frequently cited as an alternative to paid viewership options on fan messaging platforms and social media.
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Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Over decades of research, Culhane has documented the plight of people born between 1955 and 1965 who came of age during recessions and never got an economic foothold.
—Felice J. Freyer, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2025
Investors large and small are rushing in, and tech giants like Microsoft, Amazon, OpenAI, and NVIDIA are scrambling to get a foothold for fear of missing out.
—Maya Cakmak, IEEE Spectrum, 3 Sep. 2025
More recently, balletcore found a foothold in footwear, with brands like Vivaia debuting the sneakerina, a hybrid shoe merging sneakers with ballerina point shoe elements.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 2 Sep. 2025
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Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Over decades of research, Culhane has documented the plight of people born between 1955 and 1965 who came of age during recessions and never got an economic foothold.
—Felice J. Freyer, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2025
Investors large and small are rushing in, and tech giants like Microsoft, Amazon, OpenAI, and NVIDIA are scrambling to get a foothold for fear of missing out.
—Maya Cakmak, IEEE Spectrum, 3 Sep. 2025
More recently, balletcore found a foothold in footwear, with brands like Vivaia debuting the sneakerina, a hybrid shoe merging sneakers with ballerina point shoe elements.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 2 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for foothold
Noun
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Hundreds of Homeland Security officials are expected to operate from a naval base outside Chicago.—
Terry Collins,
USA Today,
9 Sep. 2025
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Hours before a game, while huddling with New York Mets first-base coach Antoan Richardson over a monitor, Juan Soto spotted something on video that even an experienced eye might miss.—
Will Sammon,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Hill missed nearly a month of training camp and preseason with an oblique injury.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
10 Sep. 2025
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But there wasn’t an obvious upward trajectory during training camp and the preseason.—
Doug Kyed,
Boston Herald,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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What can any of us make of our momentary intimate lives in such an immense world, with equally immense unknowns, mysteries as great as death or the whale, as deep as love or the ocean, as sad and beautiful as a jellyfish torn and glistening in a small fortress of shore rock?—
Natalie Diaz
September 11,
Literary Hub,
11 Sep. 2025
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The Kremlin has succeeded in building a fortress economy, but one that is fortified against the future more than against the enemy.—
Jeremy Shapiro,
The Atlantic,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Foothold.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foothold. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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