base of operations

noun phrase

: main offices : headquarters
The company's base of operations is (in) London.

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Among the leads police have pursued, there is a neighbor’s account of seeing a suspicious man days before the kidnapping, the likelihood that an empty house near where Guthrie lived could have been used as a base of operations, and even a possible internet outage on the night of the kidnapping. Stylecaster Editors, StyleCaster, 15 Apr. 2026 The band planned to stay in Caerwys for a few months, using it as a base of operations. Longreads, 5 Mar. 2026 He-Man's base of operations is Castle Grayskull, the focal point of Eternia's magic, and the obsession of Skeletor, who'd really like to relocate from his own Snake Mountain lair. Richard Edwards, Space.com, 3 Mar. 2026 The state is also the base of operations for the Jalisco New Generation Cartel. Rey Covarrubias Jr, AZCentral.com, 24 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for base of operations

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“Base of operations.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/base%20of%20operations. Accessed 2 May. 2026.

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