home base
noun
1
: the place in which someone or something lives or operates
The company's home base is in New York.
She returned to her home base after a long month of traveling.
2
baseball
: the base that a runner must touch in order to score
The runner was tagged out at home base.
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There’s a warmth and a patina to Alief that Navis wanted to stress as a home base, but also some genuine cowboy, Southwest aesthetic that was part of the fun of other environments Mo ends up in.
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Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 9 Feb. 2025
When he was first hired as an intern for the New Jersey Nets in 1996, Bobby Marks was tasked with ferrying new head coach John Calipari around the team’s home base of East Rutherford.
—Jordan Sargent, The Atlantic, 6 Feb. 2025
During the trip, the Esprit Saint Germain boutique hotel will serve as home base.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 5 Feb. 2025
With Toulouse as a home base, the entire region of Occitanie turns into a playground.
—Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 5 Feb. 2025
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Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 9 Feb. 2025
When he was first hired as an intern for the New Jersey Nets in 1996, Bobby Marks was tasked with ferrying new head coach John Calipari around the team’s home base of East Rutherford.
—Jordan Sargent, The Atlantic, 6 Feb. 2025
During the trip, the Esprit Saint Germain boutique hotel will serve as home base.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 5 Feb. 2025
With Toulouse as a home base, the entire region of Occitanie turns into a playground.
—Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 5 Feb. 2025
See all Example Sentences for home base
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“Home base.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/home%20base. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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