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Definition of air basenext
as in air park

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noun (2)

as in headquarters

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Recent Examples of air base
Noun
Around 85 homes in the area were evacuated amid ongoing investigations in Whelford near the air base, British authorities said. — Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2026 British police said Sunday that five men arrested in the middle of the night near an air base used by the United States during its war against Iran are being held on suspicion of preparing a terrorist act that appeared to involve three trucks. — Pan Pylas, Christian Science Monitor, 27 Sep. 2026
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The United States has criticized Israeli strikes on a Syrian airbase early on Tuesday. — Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2026 The vessel works as a mobile airbase and command center with its own defense systems. — Connor Greene, Time, 14 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for air base
Recent Examples of Synonyms for air base
  1. airport
  2. fortress
  3. heliport
  4. camp
  5. jetport
  6. center
  7. helipad
  8. station
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  • The service is intended to provide a more streamlined travel experience, including access to private terminals rather than crowded commercial airport facilities.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Given today’s risks, frontier labs need to run like nuclear power plants or busy airports, with layers of redundancy and careful, time-consuming planning, so that the occasional and inevitable human error does not open a door to disaster.
    — Terrence O'Brien, The Verge, 3 Oct. 2026
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  • The structures include monasteries and fortresses that showcase the reign of the Lombards, who played a major role in the development of medieval European Christianity.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 28 Sep. 2026
  • The legacy data center strategy relied on secrecy—unmarked, fortress-like facilities hidden behind high security fences with minimal community outreach.
    — Kevin Brown, Forbes.com, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of fortress
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  • Flight tracking data show the helicopter left Catalina’s Pebbly Beach heliport and got about 175 feet above sea level about eight seconds into its flight before rapidly descending.
    — Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
  • The two-acre facility, owned by the city and operated by Downtown Skyport, is the busiest commercial heliport in the world, hosting up to 200 flights a day.
    — Anne Kadet, Curbed, 19 June 2026
Definition of heliport
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  • The Banyan Tree has taken over a site that includes an existing camp, the Ashar Tented Resort, and five Royal Villas, which are separate from the new property.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Johnson missed time in training camp for personal reasons before saying that this season would probably be his last.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of camp
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  • The airstrip was intended in the 1960s for a massive jetport that, with its access corridors east and west, would have trashed Florida’s greatest natural resource, the Everglades.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 12 May 2026
  • Construction on a huge jetport had begun, but Stoneman Douglas and others were able to stop it after just one runway was built in the fragile wetlands.
    — CHRISTINA MAYO, Miami Herald, 6 Mar. 2025
Definition of jetport
Noun
  • For years, hospitals have been buying and building outpatient centers, and then funneling more care to them.
    — Bob Herman, STAT, 5 Oct. 2026
  • An institution built explicitly to neutralize biological catastrophes is now at the center of one.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of center
Noun
  • The cover photo shows Trump standing on the new White House helipad.
    — Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026
  • One resident of the Icon warned commissioners that promises made by Griffin could change once the helipad is built.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of helipad
Noun
  • If the phasing is right, Dragon can begin catching the station almost immediately.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2026
  • The letter called for greater regional collaboration to keep New England’s remaining nuclear stations operational and to identify potential locations for expansion.
    — John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 4 Oct. 2026
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