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command post
noun
: a post at which the commander of a unit in the field receives orders and exercises command
Examples of command post in a Sentence
a historic home that for a time served as Washington's command post during the American Revolution
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The Castaic Sports Complex, also under a mandatory evacuation order, is being used as a fire command post.
—Tom Tapp, Deadline, 22 Jan. 2025
At Will Rogers State Historic Park, near the Palisades Fire command post, several deer were seen making their way up a hill.
—NBC News, 18 Jan. 2025
Recent strikes utilizing the rocket launcher include a strike in Kursk that killed six people on December 20, and an attack on a command post in Zaporizhzhia that killed three high-ranking Russian officers on December 27.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
The hikers called the emergency services, and Mr. Nazari was then airlifted to a command post to be evaluated by paramedics.
—Sara Ruberg, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
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Word History
First Known Use
circa 1918, in the meaning defined above
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“Command post.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/command%20post. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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