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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
Each night presents a new way of dying (stabbings, exploding limbs, axes to the head), as Sandberg borrows from slasher movies, psychological horror, monster flicks and more.
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Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 24 Apr. 2025
However, the celestial north pole is slowly wandering away from Polaris as a result of a wobble in the rotation of Earth's axis.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 26 Apr. 2025
Yet supporters of diplomacy are currently fighting a losing battle, especially along the transatlantic axis.
—Jessi Jezewska Stevens, The Dial, 24 Apr. 2025
Signaling molecules called wnts help developing embryos form what's called the anterior-posterior axis by telling the animal where its posterior resides.
—John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 18 Apr. 2025
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Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 24 Apr. 2025
However, the celestial north pole is slowly wandering away from Polaris as a result of a wobble in the rotation of Earth's axis.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 26 Apr. 2025
Yet supporters of diplomacy are currently fighting a losing battle, especially along the transatlantic axis.
—Jessi Jezewska Stevens, The Dial, 24 Apr. 2025
Signaling molecules called wnts help developing embryos form what's called the anterior-posterior axis by telling the animal where its posterior resides.
—John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 18 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for axis
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Installing new modern hardware and software for all air traffic facilities to create a common platform system throughout towers, TRACONs and centers.—
Zach Wichter,
USA Today,
9 May 2025
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Rite Aid is shuttering or selling off 178 stores and distribution centers across New York, including 35 in the city, per an announcement this week.—
Matthew Sedacca,
Curbed,
8 May 2025
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Americans are divided on that topic, with 55% saying historical figures that supported the confederacy and racial segregation should not be memorialized in a June 2024 survey by the Public Religion Research Institute.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
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Men were the representatives of their clans and nations in the Haudenosaunee council, which made decisions for the confederacy as a whole.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
21 Nov. 2024
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The surrounding Granary District, one of the oldest neighborhoods in Salt Lake, was once an industrial and manufacturing hub.—
Carley Thornell,
Travel + Leisure,
11 May 2025
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Indeed, ad commitments to streaming video hubs rose a noticeable 35.3%, hiking to $11.1 billion from $8.2 billion in 2023’s market.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
11 May 2025
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For now, the alliance, which represents over 250 brands, retailers and distributors across North America, is working toward getting industry-friendly regulation at the state level.—
Danielle Wiener-Bronner,
CNN Money,
10 May 2025
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There was a lot of talk of alliances on this episode.—
Joey Nolfi Published,
EW.com,
10 May 2025
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The home is in the central part of the state about 70 miles west of Lincoln, the state capital.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
13 May 2025
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The fixture list added further intrigue to that race, Atalanta facing Roma on Monday evening while Juve headed to the Italian capital on Saturday evening to take on a Lazio side that was on a six-game unbeaten run.—
Adam Digby,
Forbes.com,
12 May 2025
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Succession planning, mentorship pipelines, and international coalition coordination all rely on consistent and appropriately ranked leadership.—
David A. Deptula,
Forbes.com,
13 May 2025
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This is especially the case today, with India governed by an uber-nationalist leader and Pakistan administered by a coalition government in which the military holds most of the sway.—
Daniel DePetris,
Chicago Tribune,
13 May 2025
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Indianapolis is better known as a Midwest motorsports mecca and basketball bastion than a city built for golf sickos.—
Mike Dojc,
Forbes.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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The Shoppes at Buckland Hills, which spawned the growth of a retail mecca in Manchester and neighboring South Windsor in the 1990s, rose to become the second largest taxpayer in the municipality.—
Kenneth R. Gosselin,
Hartford Courant,
23 Apr. 2025
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ZeniMax’s worker union has been in contract negotiations for two years and authorized a strike earlier this month.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
8 May 2025
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Last June saw two of Europe’s biggest players unions, the English PFA and its French counterparts, the Union Nationale des Footballeurs Professionnels, join forces to launch a case against FIFA, arguing the rights of its members were being violated under European Union (EU) laws.—
Philip Buckingham,
New York Times,
8 May 2025
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“Axis.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/axis. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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