headquarters
noun
head·quar·ters
ˈhed-ˌkwȯ(r)-tərz 
-ˌkȯr-,
(ˈ)hed-ˈkwȯ(r),
-ˈkȯr-
plural in form but singular or plural in construction
1
: a place from which a commander performs the functions of command
2
: the administrative center of an enterprise
Examples of headquarters in a Sentence
the headquarters of the newly established United States government was in New York City, the nation's first capital
the scout went straight to the large tent in the center of the camp, correctly assuming that it served as the division's headquarters
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Ord took command of the district, with his headquarters at Vicksburg, Miss.
Ord went to Little Rock in April to remove L.B. Cunningham as the Arkansas state treasurer.
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Arkansas Online, 19 Apr. 2025
Shortly after taking on the role, Vought ordered the CFPB’s staff to stop work, closed the agency’s headquarters and fired probationary and term employees.
—Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 18 Apr. 2025
McVeigh was one of many extremists inspired by The Turner Diaries, a book in which the main character blows up the FBI headquarters with a truck carrying similar explosives to the ones that McVeigh used in the Oklahoma City bombing.
—Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 18 Apr. 2025
On Thursday morning, the volunteers stacked coffins 10 layers deep outside the State Department headquarters to protest funding cuts to the global program known as PEPFAR, or the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief.
—Orion Rummler, Them., 18 Apr. 2025
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Arkansas Online, 19 Apr. 2025
Shortly after taking on the role, Vought ordered the CFPB’s staff to stop work, closed the agency’s headquarters and fired probationary and term employees.
—Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 18 Apr. 2025
McVeigh was one of many extremists inspired by The Turner Diaries, a book in which the main character blows up the FBI headquarters with a truck carrying similar explosives to the ones that McVeigh used in the Oklahoma City bombing.
—Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 18 Apr. 2025
On Thursday morning, the volunteers stacked coffins 10 layers deep outside the State Department headquarters to protest funding cuts to the global program known as PEPFAR, or the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief.
—Orion Rummler, Them., 18 Apr. 2025
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“Headquarters.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/headquarters. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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headquarters
singular or plural noun
head·quar·ters
ˈhed-ˌkwȯ(r)t-ərz
(ˈ)hed-ˈkwȯ(r)t-ərz
1
: a place from which a commander exercises command
2
: the governing and directing center of an organization
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