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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Her stepdad’s job often took him overseas, and her mother had recently joined him full-time, leaving no permanent home base in their hometown.
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Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 12 Nov. 2025
One year before the festival packs up and moves its home base to Boulder, CO for Sundance 2027 and subsequent SFFs, the final Sundance in Park City aims to fill its January 22–February 1 schedule with a multi-screening look back over the decades as well as showing new films across various genres.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 12 Nov. 2025
Although Palm Beach is the home base for Ocleppo Hilfiger and her husband Tommy Hilfiger, New York remains important for business and creative projects, the spokesperson said.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 12 Nov. 2025
The menu features nods to in-universe locations like Wakanda and the fictional Eastern European nation of Sokovia as well as New York, the home base of the Avengers.
—Sarah Whitten, CNBC, 10 Nov. 2025
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Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 12 Nov. 2025
One year before the festival packs up and moves its home base to Boulder, CO for Sundance 2027 and subsequent SFFs, the final Sundance in Park City aims to fill its January 22–February 1 schedule with a multi-screening look back over the decades as well as showing new films across various genres.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 12 Nov. 2025
Although Palm Beach is the home base for Ocleppo Hilfiger and her husband Tommy Hilfiger, New York remains important for business and creative projects, the spokesperson said.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 12 Nov. 2025
The menu features nods to in-universe locations like Wakanda and the fictional Eastern European nation of Sokovia as well as New York, the home base of the Avengers.
—Sarah Whitten, CNBC, 10 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for home base
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“Home base.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/home%20base. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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