How to Use springboard in a Sentence

springboard

noun
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  • The news served as a springboard for a class discussion.
  • There was a time when TV was viewed as the springboard to the big screen.
    — Lisa Respers France, CNN, 15 Apr. 2023
  • So now the Bears get their chance to use it as a springboard.
    — Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 12 May 2023
  • Oh, and springboard skills that soon morph into the power of flight.
    — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Mar. 2022
  • For all of the young cast, the film was a springboard into super-stardom.
    — Amanda Taylor, Peoplemag, 17 Aug. 2022
  • The show has long been a springboard for artists seeking to launch a tour or new album.
    — Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 May 2022
  • The team at Submarine used the live-action footage as a springboard for their work.
    — Wilson Chapman, Variety, 5 Apr. 2022
  • The game will serve as a springboard for Conard (19-4) into the Class LL tournament.
    — Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 22 Feb. 2023
  • Heesen and Winch say that the XV67 will act as a springboard for a client’s creativity.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 28 Sep. 2022
  • The song caught fire on TikTok, with the track’s roll call of women being used as a springboard for dance-offs.
    — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 17 Feb. 2023
  • Of course, the original movie itself was there as a springboard for Zinn.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 3 Oct. 2022
  • That Thursday night win over the Broncos could end up being the springboard for a playoff run.
    — Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star, 19 Oct. 2022
  • Maybe the 24-point blowout win over Alabama a week ago can be the springboard to something better.
    — Dallas News, 3 Feb. 2023
  • And that was a springboard into me learning more about health and fitness and diet.
    — Clarissa Cruz, EW.com, 26 Sep. 2022
  • The shift opens up the Sunday-evening perch, which can serve as a springboard to more visible duties.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 18 Feb. 2024
  • The one-pager helps tell the story of year-to-date progress and is a springboard to context for challenges, wins and market insights.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 12 Aug. 2022
  • Howard’s potential killing may be the springboard here, but this compact tale is about so much more than that.
    — Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2023
  • The move is pitched as a springboard for Thai artists to export their creativity to music lovers around the world.
    — Patrick Frater, Variety, 11 July 2022
  • In an instant—using a tree as a springboard—a young Yakushima macaque jumped onto the deer’s back.
    — Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 31 Aug. 2023
  • But the Tigers said Saturday’s results can serve as a springboard for the remainder of the season.
    — Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 16 Sep. 2022
  • If Pence had hoped to use his proximity to Trump as a springboard, that was a foolish bet.
    — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 13 Mar. 2023
  • Thousands of swimmers and divers are preparing for another year in the pool and on the springboard.
    — Brendan Connelly, The Enquirer, 28 Nov. 2022
  • Mark Miles, Doug Boles and company looked at that race as a springboard instead of a saving grace.
    — Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 11 May 2023
  • This success was the springboard for other achievements.
    — Erica Lamberg, Fox News, 9 June 2023
  • DatPiff may well yet become the same kind of springboard for a new generation of acts.
    — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 8 Jan. 2024
  • That unprecedented run became a springboard for what has happened since for Williams and the Suns.
    — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 23 July 2022
  • Science fiction has been the springboard for musical flights of fancy as long as TV and movies have been around.
    — Jon Burlingame, Variety, 2 June 2022
  • An Alexander Calder piece (now the focal point of a blue powder room) served as a springboard for color testing.
    — Tessa Watson, ELLE Decor, 14 Aug. 2023
  • With direct trains from Paris, many travelers use Avignon as a springboard to explore the rest of Provence.
    — Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 17 Dec. 2023
  • Junior Pan Pacs have been a springboard for other Carmel swimmers.
    — David Woods, The Indianapolis Star, 28 Aug. 2022

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