Thesaurus results for NERVE CENTERS

nerve centers

noun

plural of nerve center

as in centers

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 targets were not rocket launchers or weapons depots, according to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), but the nerve centers of the organization — command rooms, intelligence headquarters and offices where Hezbollah commanders planned the next stage of the fight. —

Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 15 Apr. 2026 For many, including DeGrange, the watershed center is important to revitalizing the bucolic town, which has witnessed the closures of a restaurant and cafe that were previously nerve centers for the community. —

Chase Hunter, Mercury News, 8 Mar. 2026 The hustle & bustle of being near stock, options & commodities exchanges and working in pristine buildings that were the nerve centers of American enterprise & entrepreneurship. —

Kenneth G. Winans, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025

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Earlier this month, residents of Monterey Park voted overwhelmingly to ban data centers, making the San Gabriel Valley city the first in the nation to do so by public vote.

— Katie King, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2026
Authorities said the operation used call centers to steer patients toward medically unnecessary orthopedic braces.

— Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 20 June 2026