How to Use power base in a Sentence

power base

noun
  • Most of her power base is in the city.
  • Both candidates are doing whatever they can to raise money from their power bases.
  • But there are three questions aimed at Correa and his power base.
    — Jim Wyss, miamiherald, 1 Feb. 2018
  • While a charging cable is included, there’s not a power base that comes with it.
    — Moriah Mason, Southern Living, 28 Nov. 2023
  • Even more worrisome is the present Eurasian axis’ power base.
    — Michel Gurfinkiel, WSJ, 29 July 2022
  • The power base in Hollywood has changed more in the last six months than the previous six years.
    — Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com, 28 Oct. 2020
  • Whatever the cause, it cannot be doubted that dense urban areas are, and long have been, power bases for the left.
    — Lyman Stone, WSJ, 25 June 2019
  • American owners of teams do not act as proxies for the government or serve as the power base for a tyrant.
    — New York Times, 4 Mar. 2022
  • This 7-foot beach umbrella takes the stress away with its twist-in power base which secures it thoroughly in the sand.
    — Korin Miller, Forbes, 8 June 2021
  • The kettle’s durable and scratch-resistant design sits on its power base that operates with a one-touch function.
    — Michelle Love, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 July 2023
  • Ward power base for years, is among those identified as getting a ComEd subcontract.
    — Ray Long, chicagotribune.com, 2 Oct. 2020
  • Without undercutting the power base of the tycoons, there is no way of resolving this problem.
    — Time, 2 July 2019
  • But those local socios are Perez’s power base, and keeping them happy is a big priority for him.
    — Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • But the predominantly white power base wasn’t receptive to the sudden change.
    — German Lopez, Vox, 20 July 2018
  • Bullies rarely attack those with a power base or allies, fearing that the allies may rally support for the target and against the bully.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 24 Sep. 2019
  • Cosa Nostra top boss even while a fugitive and had a power base in the port city of Trapani, in western Sicily.
    — Landon Mion, Fox News, 16 Jan. 2023
  • If there are more because of this bill, shame on every legislator who voted for it, who earned more of a power base for it, who got a few more votes in their next election.
    — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 Mar. 2022
  • Pride in the military runs deep in Russia, and Putin is delivering messages of strength that shore up his power base.
    — Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, 1 Mar. 2018
  • His wartime ties later evolved into a core power base within the security establishment.
    — Emma Graham,sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Once in place as president of the NPC, Manion developed his own power base.
    — John Sullivan, Washington Post, 16 Dec. 2022
  • Instead, Parikh, the infrastructure maven, used the event to make announcements about backhaul and low-power base stations.
    — Jessi Hempel, WIRED, 17 May 2018
  • Bashir, fearful of a coup, had cultivated the Janjaweed as an alternative power base.
    — Hafiz Haroun, Washington Post, 24 Apr. 2023
  • Griveaux was central to Macron's bid to control the French capital and build a local power base for his party in mayoral elections next month.
    — NBC News, 14 Feb. 2020
  • The group’s goal is to build a nonpartisan power base for county residents to work on issues ranging from housing and public safety to mental health and more.
    — Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2024
  • This personal blender can whip up breakfast smoothies, sauces and dips, salsas, omelets, and more thanks to its small but mighty 250-watt power base and stainless steel cross blade.
    — Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 10 Nov. 2025
  • This personal blender can whip up breakfast smoothies, sauces and dips, salsas, omelets, and more thanks to its small but mighty 250-watt power base and stainless steel cross blade.
    — Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Diaz has a South Florida power base and the backing of billionaire Michael Bloomberg.
    — Gray Rohrer, orlandosentinel.com, 17 Dec. 2020
  • Still, many had discounted his chances, arguing that his political power base in Ontario put him far out of the 2nd district mainstream.
    — oregonlive, 20 May 2020
  • But the framers’ basic idea—to divide political power based on a count of the people—was a good one, a radical advance on the status quo in Europe at the time.
    — Andrew Whitby, Time, 17 Apr. 2020
  • Outside the power bases of Hariri and Hezbollah are a growing contingent of disenchanted voters.
    — Ben Wedeman, CNN, 6 May 2018

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