nerve center

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Recent Examples of nerve center This serves to emphasize northwest Connecticut’s status as a nerve center for world-class artistic talent, as well as the hotels’ commitment to that tradition. Marcia Desanctis, Travel + Leisure, 20 June 2025 The National Response Coordination Center is the nerve center for FEMA during emergencies. Michael Kaplan, CBS News, 11 June 2025 Comprised of cross-functional initiative teams (to work on specific projects), the nerve center can tackle the full range of potential tariff impacts on different parts of the company. Curt Mueller, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025 The nerve center On a recent weekday morning inside the 1.7 million-square-foot Boca Raton Innovation Campus, or BRiC, system engineer and remote control operator Andy Alvarez was stationed at an arcade game-like setup that can control the West Palm Beach shuttle. Abigail Hasebroock, Sun Sentinel, 15 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for nerve center
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Noun
  • Set in New Mexico during 2020, the movie centers on the fictional town of Eddington, which turns into a hotbed of bad feelings and controversy when awkward local sheriff Joe Cross (Joaquin Phoenix) decides to run for mayor against popular progressive incumbent Ted Garcia (Pedro Pascal).
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 19 July 2025
  • After parting with Daniel Jones last year, the front office has brought in veteran talent and youth to hold things down under center.
    Kevin McCormick, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 July 2025
Noun
  • The Consequential Consensus Whether prophetic or destined for technology's unfulfilled promises museum, the San Francisco Consensus is already redirecting capital flows and strategic priorities.
    Arafat Kabir, Forbes.com, 23 July 2025
  • In 1943: Allied forces, led by U.S. Gen. George S. Patton, successfully captured Palermo, the regional capital of Sicily and a strategic nexus for the Allied invasion of mainland Italy during World War II.
    Lorenzino Estrada, AZCentral.com, 23 July 2025
Noun
  • And true to that mission, the stall has become a community hub, a place for conversation and for people to reconnect with books and literature.
    James Folta, Literary Hub, 22 July 2025
  • For many years, Puerto Rico served as a hub of pharmaceutical manufacturing for the United States.
    Thomas J. Bollyky, Foreign Affairs, 22 July 2025
Noun
  • For the past few years, Lilly has made news by driving large-scale investments in the LEAP Innovation District, billed as a future manufacturing and tech mecca in Lebanon, Indiana.
    Alysa Guffey, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
  • As Almeyda makes her journey towards this elusive mecca, both the idea of Palmares and Almeyda’s journey toward it feel like hallucinatory visions: Vibrantly conjured, indeed mythic in intention and impact.
    Irenosen Okojie July 11, Literary Hub, 11 July 2025
Noun
  • McLaurin would instantly become Allen's top target and perfectly augment the versatile Khalil Shakir and developing Keon Coleman to form the nucleus of a passing attack that has potential rate among the best in the league.
    Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 July 2025
  • In mid-March, while still in Gonzales with what would become the nucleus of the San Jacinto army, Sam Houston concluded that a retreat into deep East Texas provided his best chance of success.
    Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Noun
  • President Donald Trump has been calling for the central bank leader’s removal for months now, and the conflict remains in focus for investors.
    Sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 22 July 2025
  • Transitioning to the analysis phase, the focus shifts to evaluating your processes and IT landscape to identify areas for rationalization or optimization.
    Forbes.com, Forbes.com, 22 July 2025
Noun
  • We’d be better served, however, by understanding that at the core, both of these are fueled by and lead to dehumanization.
    Virgie Tovar, Forbes.com, 23 July 2025
  • Yet the core of the program might be what happens before anyone picks up a controller.
    Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 July 2025
Noun
  • The East African nation, rich in coltan (a mineral vital to tech manufacturing), becomes ground zero for a confrontation between capitalist greed and collective consciousness.
    Okla Jones, Essence, 14 July 2025
  • Los Angeles, a host city for the 2026 World Cup, became ground zero for the clash between a welcoming global sporting event and immigration roundups.
    Minky Worden, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025

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“Nerve center.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nerve%20center. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.

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