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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For many years, Oprah Winfrey’s home base has been her Promised Land estate, a roughly 66-acre compound in the coveted Hedgerow District of Montecito.
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Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 11 Dec. 2025
City of Hope has expanded from its home base in California to Chicago and Atlanta with the help of donor funds, and also gives a share away to other organizations that are working on similar projects, Stone said.
—Alexis Kayser, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025
Together, Ketchum and Sun Valley serve as home base for the Sun Valley Resort, America’s first destination ski area, now celebrating its 90th season.
—Mark Dee, Idaho Statesman, 10 Dec. 2025
The stakes for businesses and their home base governments are far higher now compared to the pandemic, Eskelund said.
—Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 10 Dec. 2025
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Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 11 Dec. 2025
City of Hope has expanded from its home base in California to Chicago and Atlanta with the help of donor funds, and also gives a share away to other organizations that are working on similar projects, Stone said.
—Alexis Kayser, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025
Together, Ketchum and Sun Valley serve as home base for the Sun Valley Resort, America’s first destination ski area, now celebrating its 90th season.
—Mark Dee, Idaho Statesman, 10 Dec. 2025
The stakes for businesses and their home base governments are far higher now compared to the pandemic, Eskelund said.
—Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 10 Dec. 2025
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“Home base.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/home%20base. Accessed 17 Dec. 2025.
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