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as in center
a thing or place that is of greatest importance to an activity or interest
in addition to being the suburb's social axis, the country club is the place where deals are made and partnerships are forged
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as in confederacy
an association of persons, parties, or states for mutual assistance and protection
an axis of previously nonaligned nations
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Recent Examples of axis
Among them were horseshoes, nails, axes, a fishing trident, coins and keys, officials said.
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Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2025
The quiet woodland echoed with the gentle thud of the workers’ axes.
—Dee-Ann Durbin, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
Along with the visit of Indian leader Narendra Modi, this is a very public showing to the world of a new axis forming against American power.
—Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
As a result, the Earth’s axis doesn’t wobble evenly but with varying degrees of intensity.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2025
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Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2025
The quiet woodland echoed with the gentle thud of the workers’ axes.
—Dee-Ann Durbin, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
Along with the visit of Indian leader Narendra Modi, this is a very public showing to the world of a new axis forming against American power.
—Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
As a result, the Earth’s axis doesn’t wobble evenly but with varying degrees of intensity.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for axis
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But the center’s allegations are of another type.—
Sean Durns,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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According to Pliops, deploying Pliops XDP LightningAI in data centers offers significant cost savings.—
Thomas Coughlin,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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In the sixteenth century, the nomadic, reindeer-herding Sámi people of what’s now northern Sweden and Finland and the Shawnee of the Ohio Valley in North America, who lived in farming villages organized as a confederacy, didn’t necessarily have much in common.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
30 Aug. 2025
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Americans are divided on that topic, with 55% saying historical figures that supported the confederacy and racial segregation should not be memorialized in a June 2024 survey by the Public Religion Research Institute.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
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His grand plans for his production company, Nateland, which is already a multimedia hub for wholesome humor, include, among many other projects, an amusement park.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
15 Sep. 2025
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The underrated sale section is a hub for seriously steep discounts—up to 63% off—on garden decor, lights, and tools to help give your yard a little TLC this fall.—
Mariana Best,
Better Homes & Gardens,
14 Sep. 2025
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Elsewhere along the alliance’s eastern edge, Latvia, Lithuania and Romania have all reported Russian drone incursions.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
15 Sep. 2025
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Poland’s foreign minister has suggested that NATO states should consider imposing a no-fly zone over Ukraine to protect the alliance’s territory and people from Russian drones.—
Tim Lister,
CNN Money,
15 Sep. 2025
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The capital costs of capture equipment, plus the energy demands for capture and conversion processes, create a tough business case without subsidies or premium product markets.—
Peter Bendor-Samuel,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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Michael Weser faces two counts of capital murder and charges of abuse of a corpse and arson in the killings of Denise Rhodes and Robyn DeSort, whose remains authorities found Sunday on land close to Weser's home, the release states.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
11 Sep. 2025
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Contenders for the leadership of Brazil’s right wing coalition are already emerging and are bargaining for Bolsonaro’s endorsement for being presidential candidates in the 2026 elections.—
Adriana Carranca,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
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Article 76 allows the President to dissolve Parliament and hold elections within six months if no Prime Minister can be appointed from the majority, a coalition, or any member of Parliament.—
Sonal Nain,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
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Ross, who’s busy trying to build West Palm Beach into a mecca, could have spoken up during the offseason when his friends assuredly told him that Miami’s cornerback group was delinquently inadequate.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
7 Sep. 2025
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Test yourself on melon meccas and revolutionary roots in this week's American Culture Quiz.—
Staff,
FOXNews.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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The union said the goal of the flyering is to inform school families in Latino and Black neighborhoods of their legal rights as the city prepares for the possible deployment of National Guard troops and ICE agents.—
Zoe Sottile,
CNN Money,
14 Sep. 2025
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Unifor said on April 11 that GM informed the union that CAMI Assembly would initiate temporary layoffs starting April 14 with workers returning in May for limited production.—
Jackie Charniga,
Freep.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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“Axis.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/axis. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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