nerve center

noun

|Updated on: 16 Jun 2018

Examples: nerve center in a Sentence

Definition of nerve center

1 : center 2c

2 : a source of leadership, organization, control, or energy

the financial nerve center of the nation

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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.

Recent Examples of nerve center from the Web

In the middle is the pulp, which is the soft tissue that holds the nerve center.

— jill u. adams, Washington Post, "Here’s what it takes to whiten teeth," 28 Apr. 2018
At a time when Europe clearly represents the sport’s nerve center, holding the event in Asia makes little sense.

— jon wertheim, SI.com, "Mailbag: Did David Ferrer’s Davis Cup Triumph Doom ITF Proposal for Revamp?," 11 Apr. 2018
As the nerve center for Baghdad’s expansive science set-up since the 1960s, Tuwaitha once teemed with thousands of specialists who kept the facility running day and night.

— peter schwartzstein, Smithsonian, "How Saddam and ISIS Killed Iraqi Science," 30 May 2018
The group has become a political and cultural nerve center for a new generation of mostly young activists and progressive organizers.

— gregory krieg, CNN, "Democratic Socialist women score big wins in Pennsylvania," 16 May 2018
The department has credited the nerve centers with helping reduce violence in the city in recent months.

— aamer madhani, USA TODAY, "Billionaire Ken Griffin donates $10 million to help Chicago police curb murders, shootings," 11 Apr. 2018
Facebook held fast and kept its news feed, which remains the platform's nerve center.

— tracey lien, latimes.com, "Silicon Valley played by a different set of rules. Facebook’s crisis could put an end to that," 23 Mar. 2018
It was considered the nerve center of the department during the chaotic days of 2008 as officials tried to keep a lid on the unfolding mess in global financial markets.

— Bloomberg.com, "Mnuchin Spares Treasury Market Nerve Center Amid Trading Tumult," 27 Feb. 2018
In the six districts where police launched the nerve centers in 2017, murders and shooting incidents decreased by about 25%, Johnson said.

— aamer madhani, USA TODAY, "Chicago ends 2017 with 650 murders, a grim sign of improvement," 1 Jan. 2018

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