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.

Examples of home base in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web That exposure and money allowed Cirque to develop more elaborate shows and go on tour—and to venture beyond its home base. Phil Wahba, Fortune, 24 Apr. 2024 With two eight-team leagues merging into one eight-team league, making its home base in North Texas was one of the many compromises coming out of the merger. Clarence E. Hill Jr., Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Apr. 2024 There are plenty of local in-town accommodations, or make a Palmetto Bluff cottage your home base. Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 22 Mar. 2024 And Betsy DeVos, perhaps the most influential Republican in the state whose home base is in west Michigan, resigned as Trump's education secretary for his involvement in the Jan. 6 incident. Todd Spangler, Detroit Free Press, 10 Apr. 2024 West Sacramento will soon serve as home base for the Oakland A’s. Brianna Taylor, Sacramento Bee, 4 Apr. 2024 The signatories hail from cities around the world, including Chicago; St. Petersburg; London; and Apple's home base of Cupertino, California. Caroline Haskins, WIRED, 2 Apr. 2024 Was North Wilkesboro Speedway home base for some moonshine runners after all? Speedway Motorsports Inc. officials have unearthed the possibility. Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 27 Mar. 2024 As business consultants, Tyler Betz and Tim Gao spend more of their days on the road than off, and more nights in hotels than in their home base of Dallas. Kaitlin Menza, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Mar. 2024

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“Home base.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/home%20base. Accessed 5 May. 2024.

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