nerve center
noun
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: a source of leadership, organization, control, or energy
the financial nerve center of the nation
Examples of nerve center in a Sentence
the economic nerve center of a nation
Wall Street's undisputed status as the nerve center for the world of high finance.
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For many, including DeGrange, the watershed center is important to revitalizing the bucolic town, which has witnessed the closures of a restaurant and cafe that were previously nerve centers for the community.
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Chase Hunter, Mercury News, 8 Mar. 2026
The main nerve center for Israel’s primary emergency service could resemble any dispatch hub in any American city — a hive of uniformed first-responders surrounded by ceiling-height monitors and an expanse of computers.
—Matt Nighswander, NBC news, 4 Mar. 2026
Inside the modest outbuilding near the Grain Belt town of Biggar, Saskatchewan, was the nerve center of his tidy farm.
—Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 12 Feb. 2026
We’re connected by a massive WhatsApp group, which functions as a nerve center for 50 or so like-minded women.
—Lauren Mechling, Vogue, 23 Jan. 2026
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Chase Hunter, Mercury News, 8 Mar. 2026
The main nerve center for Israel’s primary emergency service could resemble any dispatch hub in any American city — a hive of uniformed first-responders surrounded by ceiling-height monitors and an expanse of computers.
—Matt Nighswander, NBC news, 4 Mar. 2026
Inside the modest outbuilding near the Grain Belt town of Biggar, Saskatchewan, was the nerve center of his tidy farm.
—Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 12 Feb. 2026
We’re connected by a massive WhatsApp group, which functions as a nerve center for 50 or so like-minded women.
—Lauren Mechling, Vogue, 23 Jan. 2026
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“Nerve center.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nerve%20center. Accessed 15 Mar. 2026.
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