How to Use launchpad in a Sentence

launchpad

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  • In 2013, the two beefed over who could lease a NASA launchpad.
    — Chloe Berger, Fortune, 13 Sep. 2023
  • The Rolex 24 at Daytona is the launchpad for racing around the world.
    — Bruce Martin, Forbes, 26 Jan. 2023
  • The fire on state park land south of the launchpad was extinguished.
    — Bloomberg Wire, Dallas News, 29 Apr. 2023
  • But the hope of any off-world future starts on a launchpad, like the one at least some of us will be watching next week.
    — Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 27 Aug. 2022
  • The Cannes Film Festival can be the launchpad for the next big thing in Hollywood.
    — Chris Morris, Fortune, 21 May 2024
  • Starship would be caught by a pair of chopstick-like arms that extend from the launchpad.
    — Christian Davenport, Washington Post, 10 Nov. 2023
  • The missile could blow up on the launchpad, explains Wellerstein.
    — WIRED, 27 Feb. 2023
  • Boeing stretched to make it to the launchpad this year, let alone into orbit.
    — Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 8 Aug. 2024
  • The rocket will now undergo a week of testing at the launchpad.
    — Jason Abbruzzese, NBC News, 22 Feb. 2024
  • Russia seized Crimea from Ukraine in 2014 and used it as one of the launchpads for its full-scale invasion last year.
    — Reuters, NBC News, 3 May 2023
  • The trip didn’t involve a rocket lifting up from a launchpad.
    — Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 11 July 2021
  • This is the second time in five days that technical issues have kept the spacecraft on the launchpad.
    — Sarah Rumpf, Fox News, 3 Sep. 2022
  • Using what happened today as a launchpad for the next day is a key to resilience.
    — Mike Kessler, Men's Health, 25 May 2022
  • The force of the rocket blew up its launchpad and sent debris flying into the Texas shoreline.
    — Christian Davenport, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2024
  • No matter what skies Rozzi Fireworks light up in the future, a piece of Cincinnati will be right there on the launchpad.
    — Maria Aguilar, The Enquirer, 2 July 2021
  • Still, Britain’s space entrepreneurs say having a launchpad near home might give them an edge.
    — Stanley Reed, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2020
  • There was a fire on the launchpad during the test that resulted in the deaths of all three astronauts inside.
    — Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 3 Dec. 2023
  • That’s not unusual at E3; it’s the industry launchpad for the next two years.
    — Chris Morris, Fortune, 15 June 2021
  • In its first flight, back in April, the craft’s engines failed and the force of the rocket blew up its launchpad and sent debris into the Texas shoreline.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 14 Mar. 2024
  • Bezos himself, dressed in a matching blue spacesuit, drove Shatner and the crew to the launchpad.
    — Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 13 Oct. 2021
  • Standing on the launchpad, parts of the rocket can tolerate sustained winds of up to 74 knots.
    — Ramin Skibba, WIRED, 16 Nov. 2022
  • The next time an opponent drives into the lane with a clear path and a launchpad, Allen will be waiting, ready to meet him at the summit.
    — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 31 Dec. 2022
  • That projectile, its nose cone wheeled to the launchpad by a bicycle, put a small payload 124 miles above the Earth.
    — Alex Travelli, New York Times, 4 July 2023
  • The apparent damage to the launchpad could complicate Musk’s hopes to launch Starship again in the next few months.
    — Loren Grush, Bloomberg.com, 26 Apr. 2023
  • Warped Tour was a major launchpad for the majority of artists on this bill.
    — Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 18 Jan. 2022
  • Berry’s connection with the Boosh crowd was the launchpad for his career as an actor and a writer.
    — Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 25 Oct. 2021
  • Standing on the launchpad, parts of the rocket can tolerate sustained winds up to 74 knots.
    — WIRED, 16 Nov. 2022
  • For those who did end up in the tech orbit, Thiel companies were sometimes just a launchpad.
    — Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2023
  • With the right hustle, your book becomes a powerful brand extension and a launchpad for new opportunities.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024
  • Not only does the trilogy stand out as a launchpad for the now-world-famous director, but the first two films were also vital in launching the career of actor Mads Mikkelsen, a longtime and frequent collaborator of Refn’s.
    — Jamie Lang, Variety, 6 Sep. 2024

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