off base

Example Sentences

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Curious to see the effect of all that Americanness, I drove north from Naha to Makiminato, a place once dominated by American bases, off-base housing and base-adjacent businesses.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 25, 2025

Live Nation says the arguments are off-base and will probably fail in court.

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2024

The contamination — detected in the early 1980s — was blamed on a poorly maintained fuel depot and indiscriminate dumping on the base, as well as from an off-base dry cleaner.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 31, 2024

Self-serving defensive claims and off-base sports analogies will not turn things around.

From Slate • Dec. 8, 2023

Fitt organized conferences with base commanders to develop techniques for dealing with off-base discrimination, and his office provided commanders with legal advice to counter the arguments of authorities in segregated communities.

From Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965 by MacGregor, Morris J.