home port

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Recent Examples of home port Meanwhile, the George Washington is scheduled to arrive at its home port at Yokosuka naval base in Japan on Wednesday morning, local time, the Japanese Foreign Ministry said. Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 June 2025 The Nomadic Spirit While Paris remains his emotional home port, DJ Snake sees himself first and foremost as a citizen of the world. Billboard France, Billboard, 10 May 2025 Meanwhile, the Tripoli left its home port on Monday and arrived at Seal Beach—located north of San Diego—the following day. Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 May 2025 The Nimitz is expected to deploy soon and will change home ports to Norfolk, Virginia, in April 2026 for decommissioning. Mark Davis, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for home port
Recent Examples of Synonyms for home port
Noun
  • Even Japanese passenger vehicles entering the United State enter at East Coast seaports – Newark, Jacksonville and Baltimore account for 36.9% of the total by value – although the Port of Los Angeles ranks first this year at 22% of the total.
    Ken Roberts, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
  • Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, in March, drafted a letter to Trump offering the U.S. exclusive access to air bases and seaports, which reignited tensions between the government of Somalia and the breakaway region of Somaliland, the Associated Press reported.
    Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 27 May 2025
Noun
  • The American Culture Quiz is a weekly test of our unique national traits, trends, history and people, including current events and the sights and sounds of the United States.
    Khloe Quill , Reem Amro, FOXNews.com, 22 June 2025
  • There are at least a dozen tables in the gymnasium, and walking in to the sound of all those clattering tiles is like being inside a machine of obscure but pleasing purpose.
    Han Ong, New Yorker, 22 June 2025
Noun
  • During delivery, the newborn’s head became stuck in the vaginal canal in a complicated medical event known as shoulder dystocia, according to Taylor and Ross’ lawsuit against St. Julian and Southern Regional Medical Center.
    Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 20 June 2025
  • Then into motorboats for hair-raising dashes through tortuous canals and across rough water to dams far back in some vast marsh.
    Nash Buckingham, Outdoor Life, 19 June 2025
Noun
  • As the volunteers were watching the whale, it was joined by a pod of dolphins in the bay, the organization said.
    Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 25 June 2025
  • The bay historically was not visited by this cetacean species.
    Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2025
Noun
  • But here, in the narrows of the canyon, where Temescal Creek tickled the roots of sycamores and cooled the air beneath the heavy branches of valley oaks, Young lighted up with the enthusiasm of an amateur botanist.
    Greg Goldin, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2025
  • Secret Canyon Trail: The hike through Secret Canyon leads through a deeply forested ravine and some beautiful red rock narrows.
    Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 18 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • When an inlet on Haugen's street fills, a trapdoor opens and dumps the contents into a 20-inch steel tube below the street.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 15 June 2025
  • On the sides, an additional inlet on the side strakes complements the enormously wide scoops that debuted on the Z06.
    Michael Teo Van Runkle, ArsTechnica, 30 May 2025
Noun
  • As changes in ecosystems play out across the season, subtle changes are happening in the lagoon too.
    Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 June 2025
  • But reported plans to dock the yacht in a lagoon might have changed.
    Christie D’Zurilla, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2025
Noun
  • On Monday, crews are continuing to work to clear the roads as temperatures sits near zero with negative wind chills.
    Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Crews are working to clear snow and ice from roads after blizzard conditions Sunday brought 8-12 inches of snow in various parts of the metro, according to the National Weather Service in Kansas City.
    Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 6 Jan. 2025

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“Home port.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/home%20port. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.

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