power base

noun

: a base of political support

Examples of power base in a Sentence

Both candidates are doing whatever they can to raise money from their power bases. Most of her power base is in the city.
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Consider a booking coup: On Thursday evening, Lawrence O’Donnell will have an exit interview with President Biden, underscoring the channel’s relevance with the party power base. Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Jan. 2025 The Wagner Group, the Russian mercenary outfit with close ties to the Kremlin, which has used the conflict to build up its own power base, has offered prisoners a way out of their sentences by volunteering for the front. Lawrence D. Freedman, Foreign Affairs, 23 Sep. 2022 Or, if buying qualifying mattresses with an ease power base, plus a $200 instant gift automatically applied in your cart. Paris Wilson, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Dec. 2024 Yet, after the successes of the civil rights movement in the 1960s threatened to dilute his power base, the governor joined forces with special interest groups to promote policies intended to protect big business at the expense of everyday Alabamans. Brucie Porter / Made By History, TIME, 5 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for power base 

Word History

First Known Use

1959, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of power base was in 1959

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“Power base.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/power%20base. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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