base of operations
noun phrase
: main offices : headquarters
The company's base of operations is (in) London.
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Historically, Ventura County has played a pivotal role in the evolution of labor organizing, as Cesar Chavez lived there for a time and had a strong base of operations during the rise of United Farm Workers.
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Literary Hub, 21 July 2025
Since Surfshark merged with NordVPN’s parent company and doesn’t have a base of operations in Panama, Surfshark is subject to the privacy laws of the Netherlands.
—PC Magazine, 20 May 2025
The East African nation is home to Camp Lemonnier, the primary base of operations for U.S. Africa Command in the Horn of Africa.
—Nick Penzenstadler, USA Today, 26 Jan. 2025
By the thirties, however, light pollution had made the center of Rome inhospitable to the observatory, and the Pope—now Pius XI—offered the use of Castel Gandolfo as a future base of operations.
—Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 28 July 2025
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Literary Hub, 21 July 2025
Since Surfshark merged with NordVPN’s parent company and doesn’t have a base of operations in Panama, Surfshark is subject to the privacy laws of the Netherlands.
—PC Magazine, 20 May 2025
The East African nation is home to Camp Lemonnier, the primary base of operations for U.S. Africa Command in the Horn of Africa.
—Nick Penzenstadler, USA Today, 26 Jan. 2025
By the thirties, however, light pollution had made the center of Rome inhospitable to the observatory, and the Pope—now Pius XI—offered the use of Castel Gandolfo as a future base of operations.
—Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 28 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for base of operations
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“Base of operations.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/base%20of%20operations. Accessed 29 Aug. 2025.
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