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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After traveling the globe and living on his boat for years, Gug chose Lauderdale-By-The-Sea as his home base. Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 25 Dec. 2025 Cadence Travel Containers My home base in Japan earlier this month was Yotel Tokyo Ginza. Katie Jackson, Travel + Leisure, 23 Dec. 2025 The family moved to Forest Lodge, a property in Windsor Great Park, in the fall of 2025, embracing a larger residence that will continue to be their home base even when William, 43, eventually becomes king. Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 23 Dec. 2025 The Fujian has also been tracked moving unusually far north instead of staying near its home base. Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 21 Dec. 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 31 Dec. 2025.

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