home stand

noun

: a series of baseball games played at a team's home field

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Sunday’s finale against the Marlins proved to be the most exciting game of the home stand, as the A’s nearly came back in a 9-8 loss in which starter Eury Perez pitched seven perfect innings against the A’s, leaving the mound with Miami up 8-0. Sean Campbell, Sacbee.com, 9 July 2026 As the Washington Nationals began their last home stand before the all-star break Friday, their immediate focus was on beating the Pittsburgh Pirates. Danielle Allentuck, Washington Post, 4 July 2026 Cobb County Schools has agreed to pay about half of McEachern’s $16 million project to replace the home stands at Cantrell Stadium, formerly the largest on-campus high school football stadium in Georgia. Todd Holcomb, AJC.com, 19 June 2026 On a quiet street in Encino, one massive modern home stands out from the rest. Nicole Comstock, CBS News, 17 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for home stand

Word History

First Known Use

1965, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of home stand was in 1965

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“Home stand.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/home%20stand. Accessed 18 Jul. 2026.

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