as in haunt
a place for spending time or for socializing
if she isn't at home, you can usually find her at the local library, her favorite stamping ground
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Recent Examples of stamping ground
Key to its legacy is its terrifying ending, which sees Nicholson’s detective J.J. Gittes return to his old stamping ground of Chinatown.
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J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 22 June 2024
That story began on June 23, 2018, when celebrating members of the Wild Boars soccer team entered Tham Luang, a favorite stamping ground, not realizing that the fast-approaching monsoon season was about to get an early start.
—Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2021
But e-commerce is for now their main stamping ground.
—Telis Demos, WSJ, 22 Aug. 2021
Each has its own strong personality, stamping ground and cat frenemies.
—Star Tribune, 27 Aug. 2020
Once a stamping ground where rugged, able stuntmen such as Cliff made an all-American genre staple, the place is now a decaying gynocracy where hippie chicks laze about all day.
—Kyle Smith, National Review, 13 Dec. 2019
There’d also be a pit stop in neighboring Harpswell, a stamping ground of hers as a girl.
—BostonGlobe.com, 18 Oct. 2019
J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 22 June 2024
That story began on June 23, 2018, when celebrating members of the Wild Boars soccer team entered Tham Luang, a favorite stamping ground, not realizing that the fast-approaching monsoon season was about to get an early start.
—Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2021
But e-commerce is for now their main stamping ground.
—Telis Demos, WSJ, 22 Aug. 2021
Each has its own strong personality, stamping ground and cat frenemies.
—Star Tribune, 27 Aug. 2020
Once a stamping ground where rugged, able stuntmen such as Cliff made an all-American genre staple, the place is now a decaying gynocracy where hippie chicks laze about all day.
—Kyle Smith, National Review, 13 Dec. 2019
There’d also be a pit stop in neighboring Harpswell, a stamping ground of hers as a girl.
—BostonGlobe.com, 18 Oct. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stamping ground
Noun
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Middendorf’s Seafood Restaurant When Horst moved to New Orleans, his foodie friends drove him around to their favorite haunts, but somehow, no one took him to Middendorf’s.—
Chelsea Brasted,
Southern Living,
15 May 2026
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Given out for free in streetside orange boxes and in stacks at cafés, The L was stylish and well-informed, highlighting locally famous names and haunts, and establishing a sense of shared community for the corridor.—
Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
14 May 2026
Noun
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The Roots Picnic 2026 For the past 18 years, the Roots Picnic has served as a jubilee of the hip-hop arts, with a particular emphasis on acts from Philadelphia, the stomping ground of the musical collective.—
Ime Ekpo,
Forbes.com,
17 Mar. 2026
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The movie reps Spielberg’s return to his extra-terrestrial invasion stomping ground made popular with such tentpoles as Close Encounters of the Third Kind, E.T., and War of the Worlds.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
8 Feb. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Stamping ground.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stamping%20ground. Accessed 24 May. 2026.
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