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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The show will again be held at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Theater in Hollywood, its home base for every year but one since 2002.
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Paul Grein, Billboard, 4 May 2025
Ahead of the always-pivotal gauntlet of Restaurant Wars, after which the production will leave its home base of Toronto for other locales across Canada, Simmons, Kish and head judge Tom Colicchio sat down with Variety.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 1 May 2025
Image Even in Saigon, home base for journalists, safety was elusive.
—The New York Times, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
One thing that makes Hamilton envious of the modern Pistons is the location of the team’s home base.
—Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 24 Apr. 2025
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Paul Grein, Billboard, 4 May 2025
Ahead of the always-pivotal gauntlet of Restaurant Wars, after which the production will leave its home base of Toronto for other locales across Canada, Simmons, Kish and head judge Tom Colicchio sat down with Variety.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 1 May 2025
Image Even in Saigon, home base for journalists, safety was elusive.
—The New York Times, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
One thing that makes Hamilton envious of the modern Pistons is the location of the team’s home base.
—Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 24 Apr. 2025
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“Home base.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/home%20base. Accessed 9 May. 2025.
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