STAMPING GROUND Synonyms: 21 Similar Words

stamping ground

noun

ˈstam-piŋ

Definition of stamping ground

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 There’d also be a pit stop in neighboring Harpswell, a stamping ground of hers as a girl. — BostonGlobe.com, 18 Oct. 2019 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 Greece’s banking sector has been a stamping ground for international investors since the country’s emergence from crippling bailout programs and years of economic turmoil. — Margot Patrick, WSJ, 9 June 2021 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

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Noun

And to return to some of favorite haunts, but also to see what's next.

— Matt Zahn, CBS News, 27 June 2026
The younger Burrows spent hours of his youth in theaters and studios watching his father work, dining with him at such famed New York haunts as Sardi’s and Gallagher’s and meeting celebrities who attended his father’s New Year’s Eve parties.

— Beth Harris, Fortune, 20 June 2026

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Long associated with the PGA Tour, Riviera is among golf's most prestigious properties and a stomping ground of myriad Hollywood celebrities and corporate power brokers.

— Mike Dojc, Forbes.com, 4 June 2026
Our home base, or stomping ground, was Nashville because my mother worked at Tennessee State University.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 30 Aug. 2025

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