home port

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Recent Examples of home port The Suez Canal serves as a key gateway for the U.S. Navy to deploy its ships to the Middle East from U.S. East Coast home ports, including the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman, which is currently deployed in the Red Sea. Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 May 2025 The pop superstar was expected to launch on SpaceShipTwo in 2015 to sing a song as part of the Zero G Colony, a three-day festival planned for Spaceport America in New Mexico, the home port of Virgin Galactic. Tariq Malik, Space.com, 15 Apr. 2025 On March 28, the Michael Monsoor was spotted departing from its home port. Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Apr. 2025 The Eisenhower's home port is the nation's largest Navy base in Norfolk and its deployment was extended twice. Arkansas Online, 27 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for home port
Recent Examples of Synonyms for home port
Noun
  • They are designated areas, situated near seaports and airports, globally, to hold and transact activities involving luxury goods for wealthy investors.
    Priya Prakash Royal Esq. LL.M. MBA AEP TEP, Forbes.com, 1 June 2025
  • Bangladesh first restricted land imports of cotton yarn from India after a request from local textile mills that the raw materials should only be allowed via seaports.
    Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 5 May 2025
Noun
  • The lightweight design is made for comfort and should please budding audiophiles looking for the finessed sound that only open-back headphones can deliver.
    Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
  • So much of his sound — and what people enjoy about Chris’ music is [his guitar].
    Deborah Evans Price, Billboard, 29 May 2025
Noun
  • Floating solar panels on reservoirs or installing them over canals saves land and makes the panels operate more efficiently.
    Suwanna Gauntlett Upjohn, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
  • The warehouses that line the canals are being converted into luxury flats and artist studios.
    Sarah Beckwith, New Yorker, 26 May 2025
Noun
  • Coupes then get a split rear window—which harks back to Corvettes of old, while releasing hot air from the engine bay—plus new shoulder NACA intakes that directly feed the air box with cooler oxygen that even creates a ram air effect akin to mild supercharging.
    Michael Teo Van Runkle, ArsTechnica, 30 May 2025
  • Dick’s House of Sport focuses on experiences, with in-store climbing walls, multiple golf hitting bays with TrackMan simulators, and a multi-sport cage that can be used for baseball, softball, lacrosse and soccer.
    Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 29 May 2025
Noun
  • Secret Canyon Trail: The hike through Secret Canyon leads through a deeply forested ravine and some beautiful red rock narrows.
    Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 18 Sep. 2024
  • But despite its Instagram appeal, the narrows is a flood manager’s nightmare.
    Louis Sahagún, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2023
Noun
  • For a 360-degree, bird’s-eye-view of all of Jupiter’s stunning waterways—from the inlet to the river systems to the crystal-clear Atlantic Ocean—make the climb to the top of the iconic Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse.
    Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 20 May 2025
  • Other live roaches were spotted inside water inlets on top of the water heater (five), inside a drip pan on the floor near the water heater (another five) and under a reach-in cooler (seven).
    David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 9 May 2025
Noun
  • The massive 11-story, 404-room resort has a 100,000-square-foot indoor waterpark and a 4.5-acre outdoor lagoon with sandy beaches—that’s in addition to a conference center, family entertainment center, an amphitheater and event lawn, as well as retail shops.
    Anne Roderique-Jones, Travel + Leisure, 24 May 2025
  • Lights and camera action In Epic’s Celestial Park, an introductory area of the new park, there are prancing water fountain and a lagoon at the foot of the Helios Grand Hotel.
    Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 May 2025
Noun
  • The Capitol Police have stepped up security for the event, closing roads and increasing patrols around the Capitol grounds.
    Kate Selig, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Crews are working to clear snow and ice from roads after blizzard conditions Sunday brought 8-12 inches of snow in various parts of the metro, according to the National Weather Service in Kansas City.
    Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 6 Jan. 2025

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“Home port.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/home%20port. Accessed 11 Jun. 2025.

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