base of operations

noun phrase

: main offices : headquarters

The company's base of operations is (in) London.

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Perseverance’s research is intended to pave the way for humans to reach Mars in the years ahead under NASA's Artemis program, which will begin with astronauts returning to the moon to establish a base of operations. —

James Powel, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024 Upon returning to the Lighthouse, the game’s base of operations, I was immediately presented with a choice. —

Kazuma Hashimoto, Them, 28 Oct. 2024 From 1986 to 2015, San Francisco served as Sega’s base of operations in the United States. —

Bailey Kanthatham, Orange County Register, 9 Oct. 2024 The main departure is that his career isn’t journalism or architecture but being the most deadly and renowned hitman in all of Europe, traveling all over the continent from his Budapest base of operations to slay criminals and other assassins with ruthless efficiency. —

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