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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
For starters, the geographic South Pole is situated at the southern tip of Earth’s axis, pretty much right in the middle of Antarctica.
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Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 6 Jan. 2026
Those microbes produce byproducts called short-chain fatty acids that experts think can influence brain health via the gut-brain axis.
—Dana G. Smith, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2026
Franz’s path illustrates a model in which the law remains the central axis of a broader professional life, supported by discipline with minimal distractions.
—Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 2 Jan. 2026
Instead of towering horizontal-axis turbines, the company uses a low-profile system standing about 66 to 98 feet (20 to 30 meters) high.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 2 Jan. 2026
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Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 6 Jan. 2026
Those microbes produce byproducts called short-chain fatty acids that experts think can influence brain health via the gut-brain axis.
—Dana G. Smith, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2026
Franz’s path illustrates a model in which the law remains the central axis of a broader professional life, supported by discipline with minimal distractions.
—Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 2 Jan. 2026
Instead of towering horizontal-axis turbines, the company uses a low-profile system standing about 66 to 98 feet (20 to 30 meters) high.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 2 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for axis
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Godfall tells the story of a small Nebraska town, which becomes the center of the world when a giant alien crash lands out of the sky beside it.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Jan. 2026
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Mitsubishi is looking to capitalize on rising power needs from data centers, manufacturing, as well as LNG exports, by expanding in the the world's largest gas market, citing domestic consumption, production, exports, and further demand growth.—
Lim Hui Jie,
CNBC,
16 Jan. 2026
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Long before settlers came to the Americas, there was a confederacy and governance system between three tribes: the Ottawa, the Ojibwe and the Potawatomi.—
J.M. Banks,
Kansas City Star,
25 Oct. 2025
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The confederacy of tribes was pressured into ceding lands to the state of New York, and further displaced by ensuing frontier settlement.—
Matthew Smith,
The Conversation,
20 Oct. 2025
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Fort Worth as a whole has made a strong push to be recognized as a hub for film production.—
Samuel O'Neal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
13 Jan. 2026
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Among other speakers at the Summit was Zach Kokoloff, senior vice president/asset management at Hackman Capital Partners which operates Radford Studio Center in Studio City, a 55-acre hub of stages, offices and support staff.—
Marianne Love,
Daily News,
13 Jan. 2026
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Those competing interpretations of Saudi intent are now colliding most visibly in Yemen, where the Saudi-Emirati alliance originally formed to counter Iran’s Houthi proxy.—
Efrat Lachter,
FOXNews.com,
13 Jan. 2026
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Since this alliance took shape, dysfunction has grown, trust has eroded, and outrage has spread.—
Wanda James,
Denver Post,
13 Jan. 2026
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Community development financial institutions are banks, credit unions, loan funds and capital funds that have a mission to provide help to underserved, often low-income or rural, communities.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
16 Jan. 2026
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School can be an awful place, where social capital is built on a person’s acceptance by a group, and any difference is sniffed out and mocked, sometimes worse.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Jan. 2026
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The debate within the Democratic coalition is already bigger and louder, dividing moderates in swing states from progressives elated by Mamdani's rocket to victory in the nation's largest city.—
Susan Page,
USA Today,
12 Jan. 2026
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The coalition behind #BeGood includes Maremoto, Move On, National Domestic Workers Alliance, Working Families Power and leaders from every sector of the entertainment industry are showing support.—
Glamour,
Glamour,
11 Jan. 2026
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Frequenting some of the city’s smaller concert venues that help Chicago thrive as a live-music mecca.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Jan. 2026
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Furano, Japan Hokkaido, the northernmost of Japan’s main islands, is a powder mecca.—
Jen Murphy,
Outside,
20 Dec. 2025
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Only two other individuals stood for comment, both of whom represented unions.—
Noelle Harff,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Jan. 2026
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Among the controversial bills this session are measures regarding union fees, artificial intelligence regulation and a bill to tax pot based on its potency.—
Shaun Boyd,
CBS News,
15 Jan. 2026
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“Axis.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/axis. Accessed 18 Jan. 2026.
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