How to Use base of operations in a Sentence

base of operations

noun phrase
  • The band planned to stay in Caerwys for a few months, using it as a base of operations.
    — Longreads, 5 Mar. 2026
  • People would come to the house and essentially use it as a base of operations to commit crimes.
    — Escher Walcott, People.com, 23 Feb. 2025
  • Home these days is Vegas, his family and base of operations remains in the desert.
    — Tyler R. Tynes, Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2023
  • Our base of operations was a spacious abode with plenty of room to gather or separate as needed.
    — Bryan Hendricks, Arkansas Online, 25 Jan. 2026
  • The lake in Homer is the base of operations for Adventure Airways, which owns the plane.
    — Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Sep. 2023
  • This photo was taken on the tarmac in New Zealand, where the plane had its base of operations for about two months during the year.
    — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 1 Apr. 2024
  • Sanon is also a prolific kidnapper, and has turned Bel-Air into his base of operations.
    — Jason Motlagh, Rolling Stone, 26 Nov. 2023
  • Even Haas, the lone American team on the F1 grid, has a base of operations on the continent.
    — Richard Morin, USA TODAY, 4 May 2023
  • Blackbeard made the region his base of operations until his death in 1718, when the island returned to being a bustling port.
    — Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 17 Jan. 2025
  • The interview took place back on Elliott Key, which police and paramedics were using as a base of operations following the crash.
    — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
  • The Israeli argument — that Rafah is Hamas’s largest remaining base of operations — is not good enough.
    — Zack Beauchamp, Vox, 28 May 2024
  • Still, he's continued to use Buckingham Palace, which is a very short drive away, as a base of operations and a place for official meetings.
    — Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE, 24 June 2026
  • Establishing a permanent human presence on and around the moon could serve as a base of operations for future missions to Mars in the future.
    — Nate Chute, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Feb. 2024
  • The hostage was then held in Village de Dieu, a seaside slum south of the capital that serves as the gang leader’s base of operations and a kidnapping lair.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 19 Feb. 2026
  • After all, this show is about how the universe is bigger than just Arrakis, and the Bene Gesserit’s base of operations is elsewhere.
    — EW.com, 23 Sep. 2024
  • The Four Seasons Hotel Seoul offers an upscale base of operations in the city center.
    — Jill Krasny, Travel + Leisure, 8 Jan. 2026
  • That team was out of town Monday, and police used the stadium as a base of operations, appearing to interview witnesses there.
    — Morgan Chesky, NBC News, 11 Apr. 2023
  • The Haskell library served as a base of operations for the university community’s efforts.
    — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 16 Apr. 2024
  • Built in 2021, the farm has become a base of operations for settler attacks led by Yinon Levi, the farm’s owner.
    — Mark Mazzetti Jonathan Davis Anna Diamond David Mason, New York Times, 16 May 2024
  • Work on the show began in late 2014 in Hungary, with the show using Budapest as its base of operations throughout its run.
    — Joe Otterson, Variety, 14 Apr. 2023
  • His base of operations is in Lebel-sur-Quévillon, a Quebec town that has already evacuated twice since fire season started.
    — Paula Newton, CNN, 17 July 2023
  • The move marks the first among the industry’s major talent, sports, entertainment and marketing agencies to establish a full-service base of operations in the city.
    — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 30 Mar. 2023
  • The East Wing was the historic base of operations for first ladies and their staffs, the social office, the military office and other operations.
    — Darlene Superville, Fortune, 29 May 2026
  • The state is also the base of operations for the Jalisco New Generation Cartel.
    — Rey Covarrubias Jr, AZCentral.com, 24 Feb. 2026
  • The series shoots abroad, with London's Leavesden Studios serving as their primary base of operations.
    — Nick Romano, EW.com, 20 May 2024
  • Players can also choose to go on a solo adventure while returning from excursions to Odin Shell, a flying turtle that acts as the base of operations.
    — Kristan Hawkins, Newsweek, 6 Feb. 2025
  • Three more arrests would come the next day as LAPD investigators recovered more high-end items from the group’s base of operations.
    — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2024
  • The crew, which will include the first woman and first person of color to land on the moon, will help establish a permanent human presence on and around the moon to serve as a base of operations for missions to Mars.
    — Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2024
  • And in a secure location, away from the prying eyes of airport workers and visitors, the skeletal construction of a base of operations for a new international force is taking shape.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 17 May 2024
  • Upon returning to the Lighthouse, the game’s base of operations, I was immediately presented with a choice.
    — Kazuma Hashimoto, Them, 28 Oct. 2024

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