base of operations
noun phrase
: main offices : headquarters
The company's base of operations is (in) London.
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The East Wing was the historic base of operations for first ladies and their staffs, the social office, the military office and other operations.
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Darlene Superville, Fortune, 29 May 2026
Nicknamed Zvezdny Gorodok, or Star City/Starry Town, this clandestine base of operations was built beside the Tsiolkovskaya railway station served by the Yaroslavl Railroad.
—Jeff Spry, Space.com, 27 May 2026
Among the leads police have pursued, there is a neighbor’s account of seeing a suspicious man days before the kidnapping, the likelihood that an empty house near where Guthrie lived could have been used as a base of operations, and even a possible internet outage on the night of the kidnapping.
—Stylecaster Editors, StyleCaster, 15 Apr. 2026
The band planned to stay in Caerwys for a few months, using it as a base of operations.
—Longreads, 5 Mar. 2026
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Darlene Superville, Fortune, 29 May 2026
Nicknamed Zvezdny Gorodok, or Star City/Starry Town, this clandestine base of operations was built beside the Tsiolkovskaya railway station served by the Yaroslavl Railroad.
—Jeff Spry, Space.com, 27 May 2026
Among the leads police have pursued, there is a neighbor’s account of seeing a suspicious man days before the kidnapping, the likelihood that an empty house near where Guthrie lived could have been used as a base of operations, and even a possible internet outage on the night of the kidnapping.
—Stylecaster Editors, StyleCaster, 15 Apr. 2026
The band planned to stay in Caerwys for a few months, using it as a base of operations.
—Longreads, 5 Mar. 2026
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“Base of operations.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/base%20of%20operations. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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