home stand

noun

: a series of baseball games played at a team's home field

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Jokic scored 18 of his 27 points in the third quarter as the Nuggets turned a single-digit halftime lead into a 129-103 rout of the Utah Jazz on Saturday night, tipping off a five-game home stand at Ball Arena. Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 2 Nov. 2024 After that, the Bulls have a season-long, five-game home stand against the Wizards, the Sacramento Kings, the Pelicans, the Atlanta Hawks and the Charlotte Hornets. Darnell Mayberry, The Athletic, 16 Aug. 2024 According to the blueprints, this tiny home stands 24 feet long by 10 feet wide (not counting the 3-foot porch space), and the walls are 8 feet tall, with an extra foot of height on top for the flat ceiling. Clint Davis, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Oct. 2024 This is the same team, mind you, that was shut out three times while losing the final four games of its previous home stand. Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 24 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for home stand 

Word History

First Known Use

1965, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of home stand was in 1965

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“Home stand.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/home%20stand. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.

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