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as in center
a place or environment that favors the development of something
suspected that the elite private universities were a nest of antigovernment sentiments
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as in hideout
a place where a person goes to hide or to avoid others
headed back to her cozy nest in the mountains for a little rest and relaxation
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Recent Examples of nest
Nip that sentiment in the bud by taking them out the following August for a few days of hauling fertilizer, picking rocks, wrestling farm implements, and driving tractors over unseen wasp nests.
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The Editors, Outdoor Life, 30 Oct. 2025
Biologist and aquatic ecology expert Edinbergh Caldas Oliveira said the behavior is common when piranhas are defending their nests, per the outlet.
—Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
The researchers also noticed that the 1,036 active nests, located across five sites on the seafloor, showcased six different patterns.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2025
Sometime between Monday night and Tuesday morning, fencing was cut and pens and nest boxes were destroyed to release the mink, which are raised for their pelts, Fur Commission USA said.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2025
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The Editors, Outdoor Life, 30 Oct. 2025
Biologist and aquatic ecology expert Edinbergh Caldas Oliveira said the behavior is common when piranhas are defending their nests, per the outlet.
—Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
The researchers also noticed that the 1,036 active nests, located across five sites on the seafloor, showcased six different patterns.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2025
Sometime between Monday night and Tuesday morning, fencing was cut and pens and nest boxes were destroyed to release the mink, which are raised for their pelts, Fur Commission USA said.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nest
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The source of the flare is an active galactic nucleus, or AGN — a bright, compact region at the center of a galaxy — and it’s powered by a supermassive black hole that is actively feeding on material.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
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Global capability centers have evolved far beyond tech support, but their growth presents challenges for multinationals and Indian cities alike.—
Priyanka Salve,
CNBC,
6 Nov. 2025
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Jasper, in contrast, is having a grand old time at his hideout.—
Lily Osler,
Vulture,
3 Nov. 2025
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Barrow allegedly stayed in the Stockyards Hotel in 1933 as a hideout during one of the couple’s heists.—
Ella Gonzales,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
25 Oct. 2025
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Climate change and shifting prey Climate patterns like El Niño are altering the range of white sharks, pushing nurseries closer to the Gulf of California.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Nov. 2025
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Climate change events, such as El Niño, may have altered white shark nursery areas, resulting in more juvenile sharks being found in the Gulf of California.—
Outside,
Outside,
3 Nov. 2025
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In his own secret lair, Vilgefortz learns from Istredd that Ciri possesses a the power to collapse space and time — not only for the Continent, but for other spheres of reality.—
Scott Meslow,
Vulture,
30 Oct. 2025
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Free of blood and gore, Nightbooks follows a kid who loves scary stories until he is forced to tell a new one every night or stay trapped in a witch's lair forever.—
Emy LaCroix,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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Before the ban, police in Punjab raided the house of the TLP's leader, Saad Rizvi, and the government sealed mosques and seminaries associated with the party.—
NPR,
NPR,
24 Oct. 2025
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The state visit concluded with King Charles attending a reception at the Pontifical Beda College, a seminary which trains priests from across the Commonwealth.—
Christopher Lamb,
CNN Money,
23 Oct. 2025
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The indisputably desirable goal of supporting walking, biking and bus-riding around an Uptown nidus was severely wounded.—
Star Tribune,
Star Tribune,
30 Nov. 2020
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To deliberately collapse and compress a lobe of lung, and with it, its nidus of festering infection.—
Rebecca Kreston,
Discover Magazine,
24 Mar. 2017
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Criticism of India As the leader of the US’ largest city and financial capital, any mayor of New York is given an outsized role on the world stage.—
Rhea Mogul,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
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The next morning, Burgher parents—oblivious to the fighting that had broken out in the capital—had lined the walkways and cheered as their children filed into schools with pencils and notebooks and tense faces, some bravely managing a smile, others rigid with fear.—
George Packer,
The Atlantic,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Nest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nest. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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