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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We’re connected by a massive WhatsApp group, which functions as a nerve center for 50 or so like-minded women.
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Lauren Mechling, Vogue, 23 Jan. 2026
The team’s high-tech nerve center was already rebranded as the Xfinity Speed Center.
—Greg Engle, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026
The center's nerve center is physically located at police headquarters.
—Jonathan Limehouse, USA Today, 13 Dec. 2025
La MaMa wouldn’t make its name as a nerve center of avant-garde ingenuity until a few years later, when Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical staged its world premiere there in 1967, and by association La MaMa became a countercultural phenomenon.
—Literary Hub, 12 Dec. 2025
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Lauren Mechling, Vogue, 23 Jan. 2026
The team’s high-tech nerve center was already rebranded as the Xfinity Speed Center.
—Greg Engle, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026
The center's nerve center is physically located at police headquarters.
—Jonathan Limehouse, USA Today, 13 Dec. 2025
La MaMa wouldn’t make its name as a nerve center of avant-garde ingenuity until a few years later, when Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical staged its world premiere there in 1967, and by association La MaMa became a countercultural phenomenon.
—Literary Hub, 12 Dec. 2025
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“Nerve center.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nerve%20center. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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