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as in center
a place or environment that favors the development of something
suspected that the elite private universities were a nest of antigovernment sentiments
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as in hideout
a place where a person goes to hide or to avoid others
headed back to her cozy nest in the mountains for a little rest and relaxation
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Recent Examples of nest
The city construction board also found peacock nests and rodent and termite infestations at 1021, in addition to piles of building debris.
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Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 25 July 2025
After locating a nest of the correct species, Sladen still had to reach it.
—Nick Kelley, Outdoor Life, 24 July 2025
But mom Angelina is reportedly feeling like any parent when her kids leave the nest, apprehensive.
—Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 19 July 2025
One of the latest waves of public reaction came earlier this month when a new Dave’s Hot Chicken was opening its latest South Florida location, this time joining the nest in Pompano Beach.
—Lauren Brensel, Sun Sentinel, 17 July 2025
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Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 25 July 2025
After locating a nest of the correct species, Sladen still had to reach it.
—Nick Kelley, Outdoor Life, 24 July 2025
But mom Angelina is reportedly feeling like any parent when her kids leave the nest, apprehensive.
—Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 19 July 2025
One of the latest waves of public reaction came earlier this month when a new Dave’s Hot Chicken was opening its latest South Florida location, this time joining the nest in Pompano Beach.
—Lauren Brensel, Sun Sentinel, 17 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nest
Noun
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Epstein has long been at the center of conspiracy theories since his death while in jail in 2019, including from many of Trump’s own supporters.—
Callum Sutherland,
Time,
31 July 2025
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The account, originally meant to help fund both of their college expenses, has now become the center of a family disagreement.—
Ashley Vega,
People.com,
31 July 2025
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His garage served as both a workplace and a hideout when needed.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
People.com,
5 July 2025
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JPMorgan is bullish on Goodyear Tire & Rubber , as the company is not only executing on its transformation plans but can also serve as a hideout from tariff pressures.—
Pia Singh,
CNBC,
22 May 2025
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There were no patients in the labor rooms, no newborns in the nursery, and the halls were silent.—
John McHugh,
Mercury News,
30 July 2025
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Attorneys for Howard argued that damage to the nursery would have been negligible except the flood waters had been diverted across nursery land by embankments at the city’s new sewerage disposal plant.—
Michael Barnes,
Austin American Statesman,
29 July 2025
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For those who haven't seen it, Kiss play themselves facing down an evil inventor who keeps his secret lair in an amusement park.—
Jordan Hoffman,
EW.com,
7 June 2025
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Julie then said something about the mastermind's lair exploding, and, before commercial break, the show naturally flashed a fake shot of a lair exploding out in the wilderness.—
David Wysong,
The Enquirer,
11 July 2025
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Funds could support conservative seminaries like Nashotah House, a conservative seminary in the Anglican tradition, or pastors from the Conservative Congregational Christian Conference, ensuring orthodox leadership for historic churches.—
The Rev. Jake Dell,
Hartford Courant,
7 July 2025
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Last fall, the 16th-century Di Gara text was returned to a Jewish seminary after mysteriously ending up on an online marketplace.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
9 June 2025
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To deliberately collapse and compress a lobe of lung, and with it, its nidus of festering infection.—
Rebecca Kreston,
Discover Magazine,
24 Mar. 2017
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The indisputably desirable goal of supporting walking, biking and bus-riding around an Uptown nidus was severely wounded.—
Star Tribune,
Star Tribune,
30 Nov. 2020
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The alignment between capital and conscience strengthens cohesion.—
Robert Daugherty,
Forbes.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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The first tranche of $1.1 billion Singapore dollars has already been allocated to three institutional fund managers, who are required to co-invest their own capital and adopt active trading strategies — a move designed to lift market liquidity and trading activity.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
4 Aug. 2025
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“Nest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nest. Accessed 8 Aug. 2025.
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