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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Without a home base, the ministry has been holding its Tagalog language classes over Zoom and traditional Filipino cooking classes in home kitchens.
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Emilie Takahashi, Oc Register, 22 July 2025
The company will operate out of a 50,000-square-foot studio and office space in the Dallas area (which was also Merit Street’s home base).
—Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 14 July 2025
Instead of sending students from Jerusalem to kibbutzes and small villages for volunteer work, Nativ will now have students spend the second half of the school year in Tel Aviv, with a home base in the trendy Florentin neighborhood.
—Grace Gilson, Sun Sentinel, 14 July 2025
The Tuscan-style villa is in Blue Ridge foothills, and serves as a home base for avid road cyclists wanting to experience the mountains on two wheels.
—Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 13 July 2025
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Emilie Takahashi, Oc Register, 22 July 2025
The company will operate out of a 50,000-square-foot studio and office space in the Dallas area (which was also Merit Street’s home base).
—Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 14 July 2025
Instead of sending students from Jerusalem to kibbutzes and small villages for volunteer work, Nativ will now have students spend the second half of the school year in Tel Aviv, with a home base in the trendy Florentin neighborhood.
—Grace Gilson, Sun Sentinel, 14 July 2025
The Tuscan-style villa is in Blue Ridge foothills, and serves as a home base for avid road cyclists wanting to experience the mountains on two wheels.
—Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 13 July 2025
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“Home base.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/home%20base. Accessed 2 Aug. 2025.
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