H.q. Definition & Meaning

American

British

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Synonyms H.Q. American Or h.q.,

abbreviation

1. headquarters.

HQ British

abbreviation

1. headquarters

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Example Sentences

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After “H.Q.” wraps, I head into our radio studio to tape an interview for the final block of tomorrow’s episode of “ESPN Daily.”

From New York Times

In the long term, such a path leads to oblivion, which the Republican National Committee itself acknowledged in a 2013 report that is now presumably gathering mold somewhere at Republican H.Q.

From The New Yorker

The employees at H.Q. call themselves Team OV, and they operate on the Doing Things principle: Haney is known for instituting jumping-jacks breaks during meetings; people go off in small groups to do astrology workshops or volunteer with the A.S.P.C.A.

From The New Yorker

Barry pressed the button to raise the blinds, and Atlanta appeared before him, the customary Wells Fargo and the B.B.&T. tower, but also some old-fashioned R.K.O.-style antennas and a deeply undistinguished nineteen-seventies edifice that scanned as Coca-Cola H.Q.

From The New Yorker

The American revolutionary army attacked Princeton as it was Brit H.Q.

From New York Times

Related Words

• command post
• focal point
• headquarters
• hotbed

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