general headquarters
Americannoun
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general headquarters
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of general headquarters
First recorded in 1855–60
Example Sentences
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Meanwhile, satellite images appear to show extensive damage to the IRGC's naval headquarters and its general headquarters in the eastern suburbs of Tehran.
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026
Spaniards, upon taking stock of Abd-el-Krim's former general headquarters at Ajdir, became aware that the Riffian war lord had furnished himself with many of the commonplaces of European existence.
From Time Magazine Archive
There is an air of melancholy these days about the American Atheists general headquarters on a stretch of Cameron Road.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Can nobody," asked the Daily Mirror, "dampen the airy-fairy optimism of the military spokesman at general headquarters in Cairo?"
From Time Magazine Archive
Still farther back it is carried on slender black-and-white poles, and finally it reaches the general headquarters on permanent posts.
From The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 1 (of 10) From the Beginning of the War to the Landing of the British Army in France by Parrott, James Edward
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