staging area

noun

1. an area, as a port of embarkation, where troops are assembled and readied for transit to a new field of operations.
2. any area or place serving as a point of assembly or preparation on the way to a destination.

staging area

noun

1. a general locality used as a checkpoint or regrouping area for military formations in transit

Word History and Origins

Origin of staging area¹

First recorded in 1940–45

Example Sentences

My living room looks like the staging area for an academic Lollapalooza.

From Time

The garage is a literal and figurative mudroom, a staging area for life.

From Outside Online

News organizations were forced to abandon staging areas outside the building because of attacks by rioters, prosecutors said, leading to the vandalism.

From Washington Post

Woods later entered a media staging area, threw equipment and tackled a cameraman, prosecutors alleged.

From Washington Post

On the other side, he knew, lay a packed snowmobile road he’d used as a staging area for his heliski clients earlier that winter, where the going would be easier.

From Time

He goes down to the secure motorcade staging area, looking for a solution.

From The Daily Beast

Had cattle chewed down the grass or had it been groomed to be a staging area for moving contraband?

From The Daily Beast