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 Minutes south lies a military nerve center for electronic and cyber warfare, missile defense, and the clandestine monitoring of foreign nuclear tests. —

Adam Ciralsky, Vanity Fair, 19 Mar. 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 main nerve center for Israel’s primary emergency service could resemble any dispatch hub in any American city — a hive of uniformed first-responders surrounded by ceiling-height monitors and an expanse of computers. —

Matt Nighswander, NBC news, 4 Mar. 2026 We’re connected by a massive WhatsApp group, which functions as a nerve center for 50 or so like-minded women. —

Lauren Mechling, Vogue, 23 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for nerve center

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In sixth inning, Villa Park tied the score 2-2 on a two-out infield single by speedy center fielder Shea Gonzalez.

— Dan Albano, Oc Register, 24 Apr. 2026
Iran has also conducted drone strikes that damaged data centers in the region that are owned by Amazon Web Services, which operates the world’s largest cloud platform—high-value targets with major financial and operational ramifications.

— Sue Halpern, New Yorker, 24 Apr. 2026