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 hotel was also the home base for Flagstaff's first radio station, KFXY.
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Michael Salerno, AZCentral.com, 24 Sep. 2025
By the end of the finale, Neverland Island has become the home base for a cadre of nonhumans who could very well take over the world.
—Noel Murray, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2025
As the pandemic eased, the cast returned to Fiji to film both seasons, with the tropical locale seemingly becoming the series' home base.
—Steve Helling, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2025
Use Durango as a home base to further explore nearby national parks and monuments.
—Acacia Gabriel, Travel + Leisure, 22 Sep. 2025
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Michael Salerno, AZCentral.com, 24 Sep. 2025
By the end of the finale, Neverland Island has become the home base for a cadre of nonhumans who could very well take over the world.
—Noel Murray, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2025
As the pandemic eased, the cast returned to Fiji to film both seasons, with the tropical locale seemingly becoming the series' home base.
—Steve Helling, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2025
Use Durango as a home base to further explore nearby national parks and monuments.
—Acacia Gabriel, Travel + Leisure, 22 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for home base
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“Home base.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/home%20base. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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