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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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Apr. 2026 In recent years, Jackson says she's called Virginia her home base. —Brianne Tracy, PEOPLE, 25 Apr. 2026 Housed in a former dry ice warehouse, the 21-room Hotel Dryce is the perfect home base for those wanting to feel immersed in the city. —Regan Stephens, Travel + Leisure, 24 Apr. 2026 Georgia Tech is turning its campus housing into a temporary home base for soccer fans, workers, and volunteers heading to Atlanta for the 2026 FIFA World Cup this summer. —Christopher Harris, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for home base
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Apr. 2026 In recent years, Jackson says she's called Virginia her home base. —Brianne Tracy, PEOPLE, 25 Apr. 2026 Housed in a former dry ice warehouse, the 21-room Hotel Dryce is the perfect home base for those wanting to feel immersed in the city. —Regan Stephens, Travel + Leisure, 24 Apr. 2026 Georgia Tech is turning its campus housing into a temporary home base for soccer fans, workers, and volunteers heading to Atlanta for the 2026 FIFA World Cup this summer. —Christopher Harris, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for home base
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“Home base.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/dictionary/home%20base. Accessed 29 Apr. 2026.
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