home base
AmericanEtymology
Origin of home base
An Americanism dating back to 1850–55
Example Sentences
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In its French home base, the group is letting 200 staff go in voluntary departures from its Paris HQ.
From Barron's • May 20, 2026
Davidson is understood to still have a home base in Brooklyn in the form of a brownstone rental.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 16, 2026
The new 42nd District remains anchored in Garcia’s home base of Long Beach.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 2026
The moment marked the crescendo of a whirlwind weekend for the president and his team, with Trump using his glitzy Mar-a-Lago residence as a home base for monitoring the unfolding attack.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 2026
They hopped in Smith’s small Ford and took the drive to Regina, a big city that would be their home base.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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