home stand

noun

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

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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 Four games into a weeklong West Sacramento home stand, the Athletics hadn’t led a game at any point. Sean Campbell, Sacbee.com, 31 May 2026 For a team that scored just seven runs in the final five games of a 3-6 home stand, the contrast in opponents will serve as a useful measuring stick. Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 May 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 21 Jun. 2026.

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