Thesaurus results for AXIS

axis

noun

ˈak-səs

as in center

a thing or place that is of greatest importance to an activity or interest in addition to being the suburb's social axis, the country club is the place where deals are made and partnerships are forged

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as in confederacy

an association of persons, parties, or states for mutual assistance and protection an axis of previously nonaligned nations

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Recent Examples of axis The tilt of the axis for something as large as the planet usually doesn’t change, but the massive water shifts can affect it. —

Ben Kesslen, Quartz, 25 Nov. 2024 Despite these challenges, axis members—and the axis as a whole—have drawn on support from their local states and communities and from one another to survive. —

Renad Mansour, Foreign Affairs, 13 Nov. 2024 Iran retained a pivotal role in setting the axis’s strategic direction. —

Renad Mansour, Foreign Affairs, 13 Nov. 2024 These extra axes of rotation allow the knee to bend with a more anatomically correct gliding motion. —

Jothy Rosenberg, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for axis

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Assemble the crostata: Remove the parchment and weights or beans, and carefully put the fruit and any juices that have worked their way to the bottom of the bowl into the center of the pastry.

The View, ABC News, 27 Nov. 2024
At the center of the trial is Gisèle Pelicot, a 72-year-old woman whose former husband, Dominique Pelicot, drugged her and invited men to rape her for over a decade.

Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 27 Nov. 2024