headquarter
verb
head·quar·ter
ˈhed-ˌkwȯ(r)-tər 
-ˌkȯr-,
(ˈ)hed-ˈkwȯ(r),
-ˈkȯr-
headquartered; headquartering; headquarters
: to place in headquarters
… separated the players from their wives, headquartering them in a separate hotel …—
Jeff Duncan
Jeff Duncan
: to make one's headquarters
decided to headquarter in Seattle
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The California State University system, which serves more than 470,000 students at 23 campuses across the state, said on Thursday that Canvas was down for all of its users at all campuses and at the CSU Chancellor’s Office, which is headquartered in Long Beach.
—Kristy Hutchings, Daily News, 7 May 2026
Although the bubble is visible from several of the surrounding hillside villages, and although the developer is headquartered on the mainland, there’s little sign of public pushback.
—IEEE Spectrum, 7 May 2026
Car Rental Gateway, an online car rental platform headquartered in London that also operates in the United States, reported seeing a 16% increase in electric and hybrid car rentals in March.
—Keith Laing, USA Today, 7 May 2026
Across his hometown of Greenville, the out-of-the-way North Carolina city where Donaldson has headquartered his company, another 70 or so people are trapped, of their own volition, in a grocery store, the wilderness, or one of the studios Donaldson has built on his sprawling corporate campus.
—Sean Gregory, Time, 6 May 2026
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Kristy Hutchings, Daily News, 7 May 2026
Although the bubble is visible from several of the surrounding hillside villages, and although the developer is headquartered on the mainland, there’s little sign of public pushback.
—IEEE Spectrum, 7 May 2026
Car Rental Gateway, an online car rental platform headquartered in London that also operates in the United States, reported seeing a 16% increase in electric and hybrid car rentals in March.
—Keith Laing, USA Today, 7 May 2026
Across his hometown of Greenville, the out-of-the-way North Carolina city where Donaldson has headquartered his company, another 70 or so people are trapped, of their own volition, in a grocery store, the wilderness, or one of the studios Donaldson has built on his sprawling corporate campus.
—Sean Gregory, Time, 6 May 2026
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“Headquarter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/headquarter. Accessed 15 May. 2026.
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