Thesaurus results for NERVE CENTER

nerve center

noun

as in center

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 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 This should be five-alarm fire for Wall Street, an institution that owes much of its success to the existence of a US monetary policy nerve center that is, by law and by tradition, insulated from the whims of any one party or politician. —

Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for nerve center

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The synagogue houses a preschool and family center, but officials said all 140 students and staff members were accounted for and safe, according to CNN and other media reports.

— Daniel Hunt March 12, Sacbee.com, 13 Mar. 2026
Concerns center on Azizi’s ties to regional leaders and the scale of Nation Media’s operations, which employ hundreds of journalists across television, radio, and print in Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, and Tanzania.

— Vivianne Wandera, semafor.com, 13 Mar. 2026