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
Once relegated to cost control, procurement must now become a strategic nerve center.
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Preston Fore, Fortune, 10 July 2025
Silicon Valley paved the way and continues to attract investment and risk-taking because people want to be part of their innovation nerve center.
—Deborah Hemingway, Baltimore Sun, 7 July 2025
That will change this summer, however, when the new nerve center of Lake County’s emergency responders comes online.
—Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 27 June 2025
The base is a critical nerve center for American forces and operations in the Middle East from its perch in the central Gulf.
—Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 23 June 2025
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Preston Fore, Fortune, 10 July 2025
Silicon Valley paved the way and continues to attract investment and risk-taking because people want to be part of their innovation nerve center.
—Deborah Hemingway, Baltimore Sun, 7 July 2025
That will change this summer, however, when the new nerve center of Lake County’s emergency responders comes online.
—Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 27 June 2025
The base is a critical nerve center for American forces and operations in the Middle East from its perch in the central Gulf.
—Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 23 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nerve center
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For years, advocates for expanding child birth options in Kentucky have called on lawmakers to reduce barriers to establishing freestanding birthing centers.—
Killian Baarlaer,
Louisville Courier Journal,
3 Oct. 2025
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The hurricane center uses only the top four or five highest-performing models to help make its forecasts.—
Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025
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Prosecutors argued that Rocha knowingly and deliberately shot and killed Vasquez on July 19, 2022, in the closing arguments of the capital murder trial for Rocha.—
PJ Green,
Kansas City Star,
2 Oct. 2025
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In this century’s first two decades, the city had become America’s most relevant and talked-about dining capital — fueled by affordable commercial rents, innovative talent and its access to choice ingredients from local purveyors.—
Gary Baum,
HollywoodReporter,
2 Oct. 2025
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And the company reports compatibility with more donor bike styles, including commuter models, fatbikes, rear-hub ebikes and step-through frames.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
28 Sep. 2025
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Lagos is known as the Algarve’s top surfing hub.—
Stacey Leasca,
Travel + Leisure,
28 Sep. 2025
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Realistic set-ups, like a hospital bed complete with IV and an operating room laid out with special lighting and equipment, turn imaginative play into a storytelling mecca.—
Pamela Brill,
Parents,
2 Oct. 2025
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Madison Avenue, a mecca for upscale designer boutiques and art galleries, is a five-minute walk.—
Maya Kachroo-Levine,
Travel + Leisure,
27 Sep. 2025
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The Reds’ young position player nucleus includes not just De La Cruz and Stewart, but second baseman Matt McLain, who missed all of 2024 following shoulder surgery and spent all of 2025 searching to return to his rookie form.—
C. Trent Rosecrans,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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Luigi Avantaggiato Eukaryotes are organisms whose cells contain a nucleus.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
2 Oct. 2025
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Kyiv was the focus of the overnight Russian strikes.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
28 Sep. 2025
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Such was also the focus of the brand’s 2025 ad campaign — the first under Trotter — which pictured the hands of its artisans and brand ambassadors, including Tyler the Creator, Jack Antonoff, and Zadie Smith.—
Kati Chitrakorn,
CNN Money,
28 Sep. 2025
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In all of these places, the broad availability of talent—whether as founders, knowledge workers, or highly skilled blue-collar workers—is viewed as one core element of the corporate ecosystem’s success.—
Peter Vanham,
Fortune,
2 Oct. 2025
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The new quad-core processor inside is likely doing a lot of heavy lifting there.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
1 Oct. 2025
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These days, Austin, Texas feels like ground zero for autonomous cars.—
Jonathan M. Gitlin,
ArsTechnica,
22 Sep. 2025
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And before the state became ground zero for the partisan warfare that has defined national politics.—
Molly Beck,
jsonline.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Nerve center.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nerve%20center. Accessed 3 Oct. 2025.
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