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command post

noun

Definition of command post

as in headquarters

the place from which a commander runs operations a historic home that for a time served as Washington's command post during the American Revolution

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Recent Examples of command post They can also be mounted on vehicles or installed at temporary command posts if needed. — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 11 July 2026 Scheublin wasn’t demoted to a borough command post until January 2026, having at that point been the subject of a criminal investigation for a year. — Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 10 July 2026 The video claims to show a FAB-500 aerial glide bomb destroying a UAV command post near Novopavlovka and a temporary deployment area in the Kherson region. — Vikram Mittal, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026 The spokesperson said that while the incident remains ongoing, there is no longer an incident command post at the scene. — Emily Carmela Nelson, Idaho Statesman, 22 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for command post

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base

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To do that, construction crews bolstered the temple’s thick granite walls with vertical cables running from the towers to its base.

— Brandon Griggs, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026
Tend the base, honor the feeling, and let home support what comes next.

— Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Aug. 2026

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