staging area

noun

: an area in which participants in a new especially military operation or mission are assembled and readied

Examples of staging area in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web For the staging area, the following streets will be closed starting at 10 a.m.: Wisconsin Avenue from Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive to 6th Street Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive from Wells Street to Wisconsin Ave. Drew Dawson, Journal Sentinel, 5 Mar. 2024 Trump’s stop is where Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, a fellow Republican, seized a park that U.S. Border Patrol agents had been using as a staging area earlier this year. Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 26 Feb. 2024 The city of Cincinnati announced a full list of road closures ahead of the event. Road closures in the staging areas will begin at 8 a.m., and parade route closures will begin at 10:30 a.m. Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 21 June 2024 After the several minutes-long morning drive, the herd returns to its staging area. Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for staging area 

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Word History

First Known Use

1943, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of staging area was in 1943

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“Staging area.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/staging%20area. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.

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