beachhead
noun
beach·head
ˈbēch-ˌhed 
1
: an area on a hostile shore occupied to secure further landing of troops and supplies
2
: foothold
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On the Sea Islands of South Carolina, where the Union established a beachhead just seven months into the war, white planters fled the approaching Army while some ten thousand slaves stayed put.
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Scott Spillman, The New Yorker, 29 Jan. 2025
As for his goals for Leon Capital, De Leon is currently working to establish new beachheads for his industrial real estate business in Mexico and also plans to invest more heavily in his lending and insurance companies.
—Monica Hunter-Hart, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2024
As a result, instead of building a better life for their constituents, the Axis members made their countries into Iranian beachheads in a shadow conflict with the United States and Israel.
—Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 17 Dec. 2024
Full circle: Kvamme's father Floyd — who helped form National Semiconductor's beachhead in Silicon Valley before later becoming a venture capitalist — got a Thanksgiving Day chuckle out of his VC son's semiconductor pursuit.
—Dan Primack, Axios, 3 Dec. 2024
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Scott Spillman, The New Yorker, 29 Jan. 2025
As for his goals for Leon Capital, De Leon is currently working to establish new beachheads for his industrial real estate business in Mexico and also plans to invest more heavily in his lending and insurance companies.
—Monica Hunter-Hart, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2024
As a result, instead of building a better life for their constituents, the Axis members made their countries into Iranian beachheads in a shadow conflict with the United States and Israel.
—Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 17 Dec. 2024
Full circle: Kvamme's father Floyd — who helped form National Semiconductor's beachhead in Silicon Valley before later becoming a venture capitalist — got a Thanksgiving Day chuckle out of his VC son's semiconductor pursuit.
—Dan Primack, Axios, 3 Dec. 2024
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beachhead
noun
beach·head
ˈbēch-ˌhed
: an area on an enemy shore held by an advance force of an invading army to protect the later landing of troops or supplies
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