home stand

noun

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

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Sac State has gone from a seven-game losing streak, all on the road, to a nice two-win home stand with games at Idaho on Thursday and at Eastern Washington on Saturday before a four game-home stand. Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 18 Jan. 2026 Up next on this three-game home stand is a Thursday night game against the Boston Celtics. Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 14 Jan. 2026 The Charlotte Checkers team that opens a six-game home stand Friday evening is a much better team than the squad that opened the season three months ago. Steve Lyttle, Charlotte Observer, 9 Jan. 2026 Hopefully, spark us here on home ice on this home stand, coming off two losses. Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 9 Jan. 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 27 Jan. 2026.

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