home base
noun
1
: the place in which someone or something lives or operates
The company's home base is in New York.
She returned to her home base after a long month of traveling.
2
baseball
: the base that a runner must touch in order to score
The runner was tagged out at home base.
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Recent Republican messaging around Zarutska’s death follows a decades-long pattern of politicians politicizing horrific events to further push agendas beneficial to their home base, state and national political experts say.
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Briah Lumpkins, Charlotte Observer, 11 Sep. 2025
The hotel serves as a luxurious home base for both business travelers navigating Jakarta’s financial districts and leisure travelers eager to explore the city’s vibrant food scene and cultural highlights.
—Roger Sands, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Choose their King Suite as home base, then wander the streets for a blast from the past.
—Jenny Peters, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
Naturally, this is not new territory for the Pinocchio filmmaker, with the tale of the transforming wooden puppet a decidedly not-for-children adaptation on which ShadowMachine’s stop motion studio also served as the production’s home base.
—Natalie Sitek, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2025
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Briah Lumpkins, Charlotte Observer, 11 Sep. 2025
The hotel serves as a luxurious home base for both business travelers navigating Jakarta’s financial districts and leisure travelers eager to explore the city’s vibrant food scene and cultural highlights.
—Roger Sands, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Choose their King Suite as home base, then wander the streets for a blast from the past.
—Jenny Peters, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
Naturally, this is not new territory for the Pinocchio filmmaker, with the tale of the transforming wooden puppet a decidedly not-for-children adaptation on which ShadowMachine’s stop motion studio also served as the production’s home base.
—Natalie Sitek, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2025
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“Home base.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/home%20base. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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