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a thing or place that is of greatest importance to an activity or interest
Wall Street's undisputed status as the nerve center for the world of high finance
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Recent Examples of nerve center
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
Six Canadian provinces — including the economic nerve center of Ontario — were banning the import and sale of American beer, wine, and spirits.
—Kelli María Korducki, thehustle.co, 5 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
Six Canadian provinces — including the economic nerve center of Ontario — were banning the import and sale of American beer, wine, and spirits.
—Kelli María Korducki, thehustle.co, 5 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nerve center
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Texas had subbed 7-foot center Matas Vokietaitis out of the game with 11 seconds left after Boilermakers big man Oscar Cluff had fouled out, giving Purdue a better opportunity in the paint.—
Janie McCauley,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Mar. 2026
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The Gators now await NBA decisions from Condon, small forward Thomas Haugh and center Rueben Chinyelu, three juniors who formed one of the nation’s top frontcourts alongside with 7-foot-1 senior reserve Micah Handlogten.—
Edgar Thompson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 Mar. 2026
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An open-air concert in the middle of a capital city inverts all of that.—
Yook JiHun,
Popular Science,
26 Mar. 2026
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The thousands of blooming cherry trees that adorn the nation's capital have burst into ephemeral blossoms, the arrival of which marks the unofficial beginning of Washington's tourist season.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
26 Mar. 2026
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Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!—
Anthony Robledo,
USA Today,
28 Mar. 2026
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The New Yorker reviewed more than a dozen unclassified documents about ICE-tracking apps, many of them created by fusion centers—intelligence hubs created after 9/11 to share information about criminal and terrorist threats.—
Oriana van Praag,
New Yorker,
28 Mar. 2026
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The tech mecca has slowly begun to emerge from one of the country’s deepest declines in downtown retail, in part through a program that peppered the city with subsidized pop-up shops.—
Roger Vincent,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Mar. 2026
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Each January, that stillness is interrupted by the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting, transforming a quiet alpine town, Davos, into a mecca of power.—
Victoria Bousis,
Rolling Stone,
9 Mar. 2026
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Assuming players are retained, TCU will have a nucleus to build around with junior guard Donovyn Hunter, the sophomore Silva and freshman guard Clara Bielefeld.—
Steven Johnson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
31 Mar. 2026
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Shohei Ohtani, Mookie Betts, and Will Smith are the trio of players that the Dodgers brain trust will believe in for the past, present, and distant future as a nucleus of the ball club.—
Tyler Erzberger,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Mar. 2026
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Oftentimes, exhibits—which range in focus from a specific artist to a historical period to a thematic thread—can displace the permanent collection.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
30 Mar. 2026
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March 21 – April 19 Aries, your focus sharpens around practical moves.—
Tarot.com,
Baltimore Sun,
30 Mar. 2026
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Sitting right in the heart of Ocean Drive just steps from the sand, its open-air pool and lively patio are ground zero for that nonstop energy the neighborhood is known for.—
Lauren Schuster,
Miami Herald,
9 Mar. 2026
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During Denver’s summer of violence in the early 1990s, it was considered ground zero for gang conflict.—
Beverly Kingston,
The Conversation,
5 Mar. 2026
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At their core, these cases are centered on allegations of corporate negligence and how tech products are built, by humans, to function.—
Maggie Harrison Dupré,
Futurism,
26 Mar. 2026
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William Blair downgraded the stock to a hold from buy, citing intense AI competition in its core creative cloud business.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
26 Mar. 2026
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“Nerve center.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nerve%20center. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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