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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The Adventure Center, meanwhile, is your home base for year-round activities like biking and hiking; there’s also an après ski beach and a family pool.
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Tori Latham, Robb Report, 4 Apr. 2025
Ahead, 11 of the best Airbnbs to make as your home base.
—Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 28 Mar. 2025
The House of Cards star and her All of Us Strangers actor husband are parting ways with their cozy pad in Los Feliz, a hillside neighborhood that has served as their home base over the years.
—India Roby, Architectural Digest, 21 Mar. 2025
Wolf Creek wasn’t where the team expected to be racing on that Saturday, but their home base of the Lake City Ski Hill, which doesn’t make its own snow, was forced to cancel its annual Matt Milski Memorial Race.
—Jacob Spetzler, The Denver Post, 20 Mar. 2025
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Tori Latham, Robb Report, 4 Apr. 2025
Ahead, 11 of the best Airbnbs to make as your home base.
—Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 28 Mar. 2025
The House of Cards star and her All of Us Strangers actor husband are parting ways with their cozy pad in Los Feliz, a hillside neighborhood that has served as their home base over the years.
—India Roby, Architectural Digest, 21 Mar. 2025
Wolf Creek wasn’t where the team expected to be racing on that Saturday, but their home base of the Lake City Ski Hill, which doesn’t make its own snow, was forced to cancel its annual Matt Milski Memorial Race.
—Jacob Spetzler, The Denver Post, 20 Mar. 2025
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“Home base.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/home%20base. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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