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  • noun Plural form of homestand.

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Examples

  • But according to Selig and his top aide, Bob DuPuy, Las Vegas is a serious contender to be the new home for the vagabond Expos, who completed the first of three "homestands" in Puerto Rico on Thursday.

    USATODAY.com - Las Vegas making serious play for Expos 2004

  • Once the school year ended, his family traveled to New York where they could be together during homestands, but the distance from his loved ones now has trumped whatever desire he had to climb higher in the Yankees record book.

    RETIRING AP 2011

  • Getty Images The Mets have gone 0-10 in the opening game of homestands this season and are 25-32 overall at Citi Field.

    Home Is Where the Mets' Heartbreak Is Brian Costa 2011

  • And in the most obscure sign of the Mets' struggles, a loss Friday night to the Milwaukee Brewers would drop the Mets to 0-10 this season in the first games of homestands.

    Home Is Where the Mets' Heartbreak Is Brian Costa 2011

  • Embarrassed by rows of empty high-profile seats during the first few homestands, the Yankees slashed prices in half in April on their $2,500 a game seats, reduced their $1,000 seats to $650 and gave away loads of complimentary tickets to season ticket buyers.

    Despite financial crisis, new stadium, Yankees prosper in 2009 2009

  • Once the school year ended, his family traveled to New York where they could be together during homestands, but the distance from his loved ones now has trumped whatever desire he had to climb higher in the Yankees record book.

    RETIRING AP 2011

  • Once the school year ended, his family traveled to New York where they could be together during homestands, but the distance from his loved ones now has trumped whatever desire he had to climb higher in the Yankees record book.

    RETIRING AP 2011

  • Once the school year ended, his family traveled to New York where they could be together during homestands, but the distance from his loved ones now has trumped whatever desire he had to climb higher in the Yankees record book.

    RETIRING AP 2011

  • Once the school year ended, his family traveled to New York where they could be together during homestands, but the distance from his loved ones now has trumped whatever desire he had to climb higher in the Yankees record book.

    RETIRING AP 2011

  • Once the school year ended, his family traveled to New York where they could be together during homestands, but the distance from his loved ones now has trumped whatever desire he had to climb higher in the Yankees record book.

    RETIRING AP 2011

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