How to Use base of operations in a Sentence

base of operations

noun phrase
  • The lake in Homer is the base of operations for Adventure Airways, which owns the plane.
    Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Sep. 2023
  • To do so, the Americans would need a base of operations.
    Catherine Collins, Foreign Affairs, 31 Jan. 2018
  • Even Haas, the lone American team on the F1 grid, has a base of operations on the continent.
    Richard Morin, USA TODAY, 4 May 2023
  • This photo was taken on the tarmac in New Zealand, where the plane had its base of operations for about two months during the year.
    Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 1 Apr. 2024
  • Built in 2021, the farm has become a base of operations for settler attacks led by Yinon Levi, the farm’s owner.
    Mark Mazzetti Jonathan Davis Anna Diamond David Mason, New York Times, 16 May 2024
  • Home these days is Vegas, his family and base of operations remains in the desert.
    Tyler R. Tynes, Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2023
  • Work on the show began in late 2014 in Hungary, with the show using Budapest as its base of operations throughout its run.
    Joe Otterson, Variety, 14 Apr. 2023
  • Three more arrests would come the next day as LAPD investigators recovered more high-end items from the group’s base of operations.
    Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2024
  • The crew, which will include the first woman and first person of color to land on the moon, will help establish a permanent human presence on and around the moon to serve as a base of operations for missions to Mars.
    Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2024
  • Sanon is also a prolific kidnapper, and has turned Bel-Air into his base of operations.
    Jason Motlagh, Rolling Stone, 26 Nov. 2023
  • That team was out of town Monday, and police used the stadium as a base of operations, appearing to interview witnesses there.
    Morgan Chesky, NBC News, 11 Apr. 2023
  • The move marks the first among the industry’s major talent, sports, entertainment and marketing agencies to establish a full-service base of operations in the city.
    Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 30 Mar. 2023
  • His base of operations is in Lebel-sur-Quévillon, a Quebec town that has already evacuated twice since fire season started.
    Paula Newton, CNN, 17 July 2023
  • The Haskell library served as a base of operations for the university community’s efforts.
    Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 16 Apr. 2024
  • The series shoots abroad, with London's Leavesden Studios serving as their primary base of operations.
    Nick Romano, EW.com, 20 May 2024
  • Kerrville, Texas While San Antonio certainly will be the base of operations for many eclipse chasers, most will not stay there, opting instead to head to the center line for an additional minute of umbral darkness.
    Michael E. Bakich, Discover Magazine, 4 Mar. 2024
  • And in a secure location, away from the prying eyes of airport workers and visitors, the skeletal construction of a base of operations for a new international force is taking shape.
    Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 17 May 2024
  • Rogers reported that Ivanka initially considered transforming the East Wing, the traditional base of operations for first ladies, into a suite of offices for herself and other members of the Trump family.
    Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2024
  • Capricorn December 22 – January 19 Your home could become a useful base of operations.
    Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 5 Apr. 2024
  • Harvard provided his primary base of operations, though.
    Joseph P. Kahn, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Aug. 2023

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