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  home office

  noun

  the main office of a company.
• Home Office
  Home Office

  noun

  government the national department responsible for the maintenance of law and order, immigration control, and all other domestic affairs not specifically assigned to another department

home office

American  

noun

• home offices
  plural

1. the main office of a company.

2. (initial capital letters) the governmental department in Great Britain dealing with domestic matters, as elections, naturalization, and the control of police.

3. a work or office space set up in a person's home and used exclusively for business on a regular basis.

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Home Office British  

noun

1. government the national department responsible for the maintenance of law and order, immigration control, and all other domestic affairs not specifically assigned to another department

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• home offices
  plural

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“For me, if you do a documentary, it’s about telling the real story; you don’t want to create a story of just roses,” Nadal says on a video call from his home office in Mallorca.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

An IT company set up a home office for McClain to roll up to his desk.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026

Kareem Rahma used to keep a Post-it note in his home office that read: “The secret to doing things is doing them.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026

From her opening shot, Gunvalson is hard at work in her home office, fielding calls — her workaholism would become a signature aspect of her personality throughout her run.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 24, 2026

I went to find my mom, who was in her home office, working.

From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles

He said it did not feel right for a Home Office minister to equate the two police officers with the men in the other car.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

Assistant coroner Sarah Riley confirmed that Home Office pathologist Dr Brian Rogers had identified a provisional cause of death for the couple, aged in their 50s, as 1A major impact trauma.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

In recent years, Glasgow has accepted more asylum seekers than anywhere in the UK, as part of a Home Office scheme.

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026

The firm added it was working with the Home Office and Norfolk Police "to ensure that appropriate safeguarding measures are in place".

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

Two years ago her father disappeared into the preparation of mysterious consultation documents for the Home Office.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan