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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Rest and relax Hotel Colee in Buckhead makes the perfect home base.
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Sarah Sekula, USA Today, 21 May 2025
For those looking for a quintessentially British experience, London Marriott Hotel County Hall offers the perfect home base after a full day of indulging in the city's eats.
—Roger Sands, Forbes.com, 18 May 2025
In some cases, those with staffers on long-term assignments overseas were told to drop everything and head back to home base.
—Harriet Baskas, NBC news, 10 May 2025
But once he was grounded in his home base in Lausanne, Switzerland, physical stillness produced a restlessness of the mind.
—Julie Lasky, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
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Sarah Sekula, USA Today, 21 May 2025
For those looking for a quintessentially British experience, London Marriott Hotel County Hall offers the perfect home base after a full day of indulging in the city's eats.
—Roger Sands, Forbes.com, 18 May 2025
In some cases, those with staffers on long-term assignments overseas were told to drop everything and head back to home base.
—Harriet Baskas, NBC news, 10 May 2025
But once he was grounded in his home base in Lausanne, Switzerland, physical stillness produced a restlessness of the mind.
—Julie Lasky, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
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“Home base.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/home%20base. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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