Thesaurus results for NAVELS

navels

noun

plural of navel

as in centers

a thing or place that is of greatest importance to an activity or interest a city that likes to regard itself as the nation's navel of art and culture

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Recent Examples of navels Why The Belly Button Isn’t Universal Not all mammals have navels. — Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026 This is not a condemnation; there are bad brains and there are good navels. — Sloane Crosley, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025

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Noun

Most are instead forced to live inside aquariums or rehabilitation centers for the rest of their lives.

— John Donegan LONG BEACH POST, Arkansas Online, 15 Sep. 2026
Data centers The facilities that help power the rapid growth of artificial intelligence programs are facing a bipartisan backlash across the country.

— Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of centers

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The meetings appeared to produce no substantial breakthrough on ending the fighting, and both countries resumed their deadly air war after a weekend truce in their capitals for the American visitors.

— Samya Kullab, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Russia and Ukraine had agreed to pause attacks on each other’s capitals for the duration of the weekend of diplomacy, which came after months without significant progress toward resolution.

— Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of capitals

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Under a less dire scenario, Paramount could shift its corporate headquarters to another state to qualify for incentives but still maintain large staffs in the creative hubs of Los Angeles and New York, where the company has its legal headquarters.

— Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026
By formalizing direct material corridors between Africa’s raw material producers and Asia’s manufacturing hubs, BRICS is effectively constructing an alternative supply network that bypasses traditional Western intermediaries.

— Mayu Saini, Footwear News, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of hubs

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Instead of meccas or meeting places for diehard fans, live sporting events try to position themselves as major cultural moments.

— Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2026
The fest is becoming a beacon for those who still pine for former jam meccas like Gathering of the Vibes, Wakarusa, Rothbury, and 10,000 Lakes.

— Garret K. Woodward, Rolling Stone, 22 June 2026

Definition of meccas

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To Longwell, such statements suggest that voters don’t want politicians to force them to choose between their hearts and their fears.

— Isaac Arnsdorf, New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2026
Previous research in the field had used blood pressure and heart rate to infer how well hearts were functioning.

— Elizabeth Cooney, STAT, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of hearts

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Both inflation and the jobs market have been key focuses for Wall Street and the Federal Reserve.

— Damian J. Troise, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026
Our Walks & Treks tours are one of our most popular tour types, however tours with culinary focuses are quickly gaining popularity.

— Roger Sands, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of foci

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Efforts to save the trees Town workers have sought to save the trees by flooding their bases with water in an attempt to dilute the chemicals.

— Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 17 Sep. 2026
Mariners reliever Carlos Vargas (1-0) struck out Josh Lowe and Christian Moore — each on three pitches — with the bases loaded to end the bottom of the fifth, and Seattle pushed the lead to 7-2 on RBI singles by Canzone and Raleigh in the sixth.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of bases

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Today, scientists understand cosmic rays as fast-moving nuclei – the heavy centers of atoms – from mostly hydrogen.

— Jesse Liu, The Conversation, 14 Sep. 2026
The radiation from supermassive black holes at the center of galaxies, called active galactic nuclei, are generally credited with helping to ionize gas that later forms stars.

— Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 9 Sep. 2026

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