command post
noun
: a post at which the commander of a unit in the field receives orders and exercises command
Examples of command post in a Sentence
a historic home that for a time served as Washington's command post during the American Revolution
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Hamas underground command posts were exposed directly underneath UNRWA facilities in Gaza City, including a supply of electricity and IT services from UNRWA offices to the underground Hamas bunker.
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Benjamin Weinthal, FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 2025
Your house, Baba, Acre’s command post of old Jerusalem stone, with delicate arches and tall pillars, was surrounded by cinchona trees.
—Literary Hub, 17 Oct. 2025
There was also confusion as the incident command post had to repeatedly be moved to a safer location because of the advancing flames.
—Tom Tapp, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2025
Staryi’s command post outside Kharkiv looked less like a base than like a tech-industry office, with long-haired young men in T-shirts hunched over screens and sipping espresso drinks.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 7 Oct. 2025
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Benjamin Weinthal, FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 2025
Your house, Baba, Acre’s command post of old Jerusalem stone, with delicate arches and tall pillars, was surrounded by cinchona trees.
—Literary Hub, 17 Oct. 2025
There was also confusion as the incident command post had to repeatedly be moved to a safer location because of the advancing flames.
—Tom Tapp, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2025
Staryi’s command post outside Kharkiv looked less like a base than like a tech-industry office, with long-haired young men in T-shirts hunched over screens and sipping espresso drinks.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 7 Oct. 2025
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“Command post.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/command%20post. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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