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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 centers
The hustle & bustle of being near stock, options & commodities exchanges and working in pristine buildings that were the nerve centers of American enterprise & entrepreneurship.
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Kenneth G. Winans, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Kenneth G. Winans, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nerve centers
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Roughly half of the nation’s major air traffic control centers are experiencing staff shortages, the Federal Aviation Administration told ABC News.—
Chase Jordan
Updated November 7,
Charlotte Observer,
7 Nov. 2025
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Even as this risk rises rapidly, there are still plans for launching mega constellations of tiny satellites akin to those that are already orbiting as part of SpaceX’s Starlink system, along with a newly emerging push for orbital data centers such as Nvidia’s Starcloud.—
Humberto Basilio,
Scientific American,
7 Nov. 2025
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While European fashion capitals convert runway weeks into measurable economic engines—hotels booked, restaurants thriving, city tours sold out—Lagos stages brilliance, then sends everyone home.—
Essence,
Essence,
6 Nov. 2025
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Milan, the country's second biggest city, is the metropolitan hub of northern Italy and one of the fashion capitals of the world.—
Laura Saravia,
NBC news,
29 Oct. 2025
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Reliability, flexibility, and fast, on time delivery guide development, with specifications tailored to local markets and customers, from last mile hubs and national distribution to cold storage, production facilities, and data centres.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
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While the three recent transactions point to pockets of strength in the South Bay apartment sector, some residential hubs are struggling beneath the weight of financial setbacks.—
George Avalos,
Mercury News,
7 Jan. 2026
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After all, the Moroccan city is one of the world's great shopping meccas.—
Elizabeth Cantrell,
Travel + Leisure,
19 Oct. 2025
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Test yourself on melon meccas and revolutionary roots in this week's American Culture Quiz.—
Staff,
FOXNews.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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In experiments designed to detect heavy dark matter, scientists typically look for small vibrations or signals produced when particles collide with atoms or nuclei in a detector.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Jan. 2026
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When that bursts, the chromosome is made vulnerable to nucleuses — enzymes that can break DNA apart.—
Noah Lyons,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 Dec. 2025
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What the museum dream team did not see was the pain in our hearts about this jail.—
Dorothy Jenkins Fields,
Miami Herald,
9 Jan. 2026
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My message this week is about not letting our hearts be troubled, and Jesus is the way.—
Nathan Pilling,
Kansas City Star,
9 Jan. 2026
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One of those new focuses will include partnering with hotels in markets where short-term rentals are falling short of customer demand, Chief Executive Officer Brian Chesky told analysts on a call Thursday.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
7 Nov. 2025
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Deliver Me from Nowhere focuses on Bruce Springsteen in the midst of a depressive episode, struggling to create something meaningful and finite, while suicidal ideation plays discordant sounds in his head.—
Richard Newby,
HollywoodReporter,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Nerve centers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nerve%20centers. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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