nerve center

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Definition of nerve center

1 : center sense 2c

2 : a source of leadership, organization, control, or energy the financial nerve center of the nation

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the economic nerve center of a nation Wall Street's undisputed status as the nerve center for the world of high finance.

Recent Examples on the Web Downing Street is extraordinarily ill-suited to its function as the nerve center of a modern bureaucracy. — Tom Mctague, The Atlantic, 7 June 2021 The Guadalupe Yard operates as the nerve center of the light rail network and is now a crime scene under sheriff’s department control. — NBC News, 2 June 2021 Although the nerve center of American dance is New York, Mrs. Halprin made a bold statement by making California her base. — Washington Post, 26 May 2021 Alex Anzalone should be the nerve center of the defense this fall. — Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 27 Apr. 2021 But McLaughlin lets every emotion — anger, vulnerability, forced bravado — play across his face, a tender walking nerve center. — Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 1 Apr. 2021 The roads were clear of cars, restaurants sat empty behind metal gates, and convenience stores, the nerve center of so many neighborhoods, remained silent and dark. — David Pierson, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2021 For centuries, Guangzhou has intermittently been a nerve center for migrants, whether internal or foreign. — Jenni Marsh, CNN, 17 Mar. 2021 The middle office is the nerve center of the enterprise. — Nishant Nair, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2021

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