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 By the time Kennedy launched his presidential campaign in 1960, Hyannis Port had become the informal nerve center of the family’s political operation. —

Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 20 Mar. 2026 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 See All Example Sentences for nerve center

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But Patrick Mahomes, who tore his ACL last December, is ahead of schedule and will likely be under center when these two teams square off in early November.

— Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 15 May 2026
The tension spilled into election issues, including accusations that Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco seized ballots in a voter‑fraud investigation, now at the center of a legal fight with the state attorney general.

— James Ward, USA Today, 15 May 2026