as in headquarters
the place from which a commander runs operations
a historic home that for a time served as Washington's command post during the American Revolution
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Staryi’s command post outside Kharkiv looked less like a base than like a tech-industry office, with long-haired young men in T-shirts hunched over screens and sipping espresso drinks.
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Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 7 Oct. 2025
By the first light of the next morning, search teams and an air ambulance went back to the command post and were able to recover the body of the victim, a 54-year-old man from Tennessee.
—Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2025
The system combines a command post known as the Fire Distribution Center, Raytheon’s AN/MPQ-64F1 Sentinel 3D radar, electro-optical and infrared sensors, and multiple missile launchers equipped with AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM).
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 19 Sep. 2025
Drones provided real-time aerial views of the mock protests, while mobile command posts allowed leaders from different agencies to track the action simultaneously and direct units on the ground.
—Arkansas Online, 7 Sep. 2025
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Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 7 Oct. 2025
By the first light of the next morning, search teams and an air ambulance went back to the command post and were able to recover the body of the victim, a 54-year-old man from Tennessee.
—Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2025
The system combines a command post known as the Fire Distribution Center, Raytheon’s AN/MPQ-64F1 Sentinel 3D radar, electro-optical and infrared sensors, and multiple missile launchers equipped with AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM).
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 19 Sep. 2025
Drones provided real-time aerial views of the mock protests, while mobile command posts allowed leaders from different agencies to track the action simultaneously and direct units on the ground.
—Arkansas Online, 7 Sep. 2025
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base
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The project aims to build a research base on the Moon for use by participating countries by the early 2030s.—
Literary Hub,
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28 Oct. 2025
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Shifts in voter sentiment, unexpected political events and each contender’s capacity to unite or expand the Democratic base will likely determine who ultimately secures the nomination.—
Deputy News Editor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Oct. 2025
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