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Both candidates are doing whatever they can to raise money from their power bases.
Most of her power base is in the city.
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The Democrats’ power base has, for years, been consolidated on the coasts, and the party has long sought a strategy to build its appeal in the middle of the country, where voter sentiment has shifted steadily to the right.
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Mike Lillis, The Hill, 23 June 2025
Both Ashworth and Mitchell struggled to adjust to Howe’s existing strong power base, and having joined with huge reputations, egos may have played a big part in the disfunction.
—Harry De Cosemo, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
Coolmore, led by John Magnier and JP McManus, had amassed their holding during a friendship with Ferguson, who wished to solidify his power base when United was a plc, but their relationship soured over a dispute for the stud rights to Rock of Gibraltar.
—Laurie Whitwell, New York Times, 11 May 2025
And that’s basically a way of expanding one’s power base by politicizing business relations.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 10 Apr. 2025
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Mike Lillis, The Hill, 23 June 2025
Both Ashworth and Mitchell struggled to adjust to Howe’s existing strong power base, and having joined with huge reputations, egos may have played a big part in the disfunction.
—Harry De Cosemo, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
Coolmore, led by John Magnier and JP McManus, had amassed their holding during a friendship with Ferguson, who wished to solidify his power base when United was a plc, but their relationship soured over a dispute for the stud rights to Rock of Gibraltar.
—Laurie Whitwell, New York Times, 11 May 2025
And that’s basically a way of expanding one’s power base by politicizing business relations.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 10 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for power base
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“Power base.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/power%20base. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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