"staging area" meaning in English

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        "A base where troops and gear gather before deployment or transit."
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          "transit",
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        "(military) A base where troops and gear gather before deployment or transit."
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        "A place to gather in preparation."
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        "(figuratively, by extension) A place to gather in preparation."
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