Thesaurus results for FOOTHOLDS

footholds

noun

plural of foothold

as in bases

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 footholds The local voting also provides an opening for smaller parties, independents and outsider candidates to gain political footholds that would be far harder to achieve in national parliamentary races. —

Inaya Folarin Iman, CBS News, 8 May 2026 The second generation, which began in the early 2000s, saw K-pop gain footholds in regional markets like China, Japan and Southeast Asia. —

Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 2 May 2026 The fact is that recent or older series can gain new footholds with modern viewers who haven’t seen them. —

Brian Steinberg, Variety, 30 Apr. 2026 Additional footholds in Aspen and Hawaii follow a familiar pattern of buying adjacent homes within the same enclave. —

Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 20 Apr. 2026 While the commitments to long-term space are notable, the decisions are a mix of maintaining footholds and new growth. —

Krysta Escobar, CNBC, 5 Apr. 2026 That can mean gaining multiple footholds, altering authentication settings or gaining access via third parties. —

William Akoto, The Conversation, 2 Apr. 2026 In between all that, the host also managed to explain that everyone would be broken up into three groups, with each group going to Tribal Council, and the person who could last longest on narrow footholds for each group would win individual immunity. —

Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Apr. 2026 Flags, footprints and footholds There was no single Apollo mission that matched what Artemis 2 is going to do, but that's not the only difference between the moon missions of 50 years ago and today. —

Robert Z. Pearlman, Space.com, 30 Mar. 2026

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Without due process, everyone of Japanese ancestry on the West Coast was forced to abandon (or sell, usually at a significant loss) their homes, farms and businesses before being put in camps like Manzanar.

— Assistant Editor, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2026
Lewis had a successful solo career, her breakup with Sennett left some lasting scars, professionally and personally, and communication between the two camps seemed largely nonexistent.

— Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 13 May 2026