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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
Also on the list is the NOAA Center for Weather and Climate Prediction, which is considered the nerve center of national weather forecasting, Axios previously reported.
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Kathryn Varn, Axios, 5 Mar. 2025
Yet the nerve center of wine culture, that magnetic force that draws in newer, younger generations of wine drinkers despite a global downturn in wine sales, marches to an entirely different beat.
—Anna Lee C. Iijima, Bon Appétit, 22 Jan. 2025
Here, home to low-income elderly people, in one of Miami’s pockets of el exilio, is the nerve center.
—Linda Robertson, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
This is a party that represents the nerve center of American capitalism, ideological production, and imperial power.
—Matthew Karp, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
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Kathryn Varn, Axios, 5 Mar. 2025
Yet the nerve center of wine culture, that magnetic force that draws in newer, younger generations of wine drinkers despite a global downturn in wine sales, marches to an entirely different beat.
—Anna Lee C. Iijima, Bon Appétit, 22 Jan. 2025
Here, home to low-income elderly people, in one of Miami’s pockets of el exilio, is the nerve center.
—Linda Robertson, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
This is a party that represents the nerve center of American capitalism, ideological production, and imperial power.
—Matthew Karp, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nerve center
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But neither of those options would satisfy Eleanor, who needs to be at the center of the action.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
20 May 2025
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Favre’s off-the-field controversies are at the center of UNTOLD: The Fall of Favre, which began streaming Tuesday on Netflix.—
Sean Neumann,
People.com,
20 May 2025
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Hours earlier, explosions and anti-aircraft fire were heard throughout Kyiv as many sought shelter in subway stations as Russian drones and missiles targeted the Ukrainian capital overnight.—
ILLIA NOVIKOV,
Chicago Tribune,
24 May 2025
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The capital region is just the tip of the iceberg, though.—
Matt Alderton,
USA Today,
24 May 2025
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Brian Trainer, who founded the Sacramento Spur Club in 2014, helped cement Zebra Club as a Tottenham fan hub.—
Marcus D. Smith,
Sacbee.com,
23 May 2025
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This is a massive obstacle, as China is a major minerals processing hub.—
Rachel Frazin,
The Hill,
23 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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The lead atom's nucleus vibrates and ejects three of its protons, in effect turning into a gold atom.—
George Petras,
USA Today,
17 May 2025
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This pulse can trigger a process known as electromagnetic dissociation, in which a photon interacts with a nucleus, inducing internal oscillations that eject neutrons and photons.—
Victoria Corless,
Space.com,
13 May 2025
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But after Buckingham Palace’s stunning February 2024 announcement that the 76-year-old King was undergoing cancer treatment, the next chapter has come into sharper focus.—
Janine Henni,
People.com,
23 May 2025
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But it is beautifully realized and broadly relatable, with a tight, humane focus on individual people’s ordinary hopes, dreams and fears, set against the backdrop of a particular moment in French social progress.—
Catherine Bray,
Variety,
23 May 2025
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But the core concept has been expanded in smart and surprisingly thrilling ways.—
Blake Simons,
IndieWire,
23 May 2025
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In the 1990s, a sediment core extracted from Lake Chichancanab provided the first paleoclimatic evidence of a severe drought at the end of the Classic period.—
Lizzie Wade,
Smithsonian Magazine,
23 May 2025
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This offseason is like another reset, a return to ground zero.—
Matt Barrows,
New York Times,
17 May 2025
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Network media like The Washington Post and CBS News have found themselves at ground zero of Trump's firestorm, but on opposing sides.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Apr. 2025
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“Nerve center.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nerve%20center. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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