staging area

noun

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

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The area had been converted into a staging area for firefighters. Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 27 Jan. 2025 Hours after the Eaton fire first flared, the area around the stadium was converted into a staging area that nearly 4,000 first responders now call home. Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2025 The website says the vision for the Greenway is to link the Grasslands with the staging area off Montecito Road, the Ramona Intergenerational Community Campus (RICC) between 12th and 13th streets, and Ramona Community Park. Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Jan. 2025 There is a media staging area at Raymer and Gilbert Street. Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for staging area 

Word History

First Known Use

1943, in the meaning defined above

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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 13 Feb. 2025.

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