1
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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2
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
Khloé Kardashian is not ready for her children to leave the nest.
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Kayla Grant, People.com, 16 Apr. 2025
The pair have been returning to the same spot since 2017, according to the Friends of Lakes Folsom & Natoma website, which hosts a live camera feed focused on the nest.
—Hector Amezcua, Sacbee.com, 13 Apr. 2025
That will motivate the bees to build their nests there, instead of in your home.
—Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 8 Apr. 2025
One goose appeared to be sitting on the nest a couple of hours before first pitch but took off flying with its mate.
—Sarah Trotto, Chicago Tribune, 7 Apr. 2025
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Kayla Grant, People.com, 16 Apr. 2025
The pair have been returning to the same spot since 2017, according to the Friends of Lakes Folsom & Natoma website, which hosts a live camera feed focused on the nest.
—Hector Amezcua, Sacbee.com, 13 Apr. 2025
That will motivate the bees to build their nests there, instead of in your home.
—Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 8 Apr. 2025
One goose appeared to be sitting on the nest a couple of hours before first pitch but took off flying with its mate.
—Sarah Trotto, Chicago Tribune, 7 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nest
Noun
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For philosophers like Simone Weil and Iris Murdoch, the capacity to give true attention to another being lies at the absolute center of ethical life.—
D. Graham Burnett,
New Yorker,
26 Apr. 2025
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The move comes on the heels of massive changes at the center, as President Trump fired the president and chairman in early February.—
Ashraf Khalil,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Luckily, Matt has enough strength to escape to the Punisher’s (Jon Bernthal) hideout, but Wilson Fisk’s police are on their way.—
Jordan Moreau,
Variety,
16 Apr. 2025
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Kim Il Sung, North Korea’s founder and Kim Jong Un’s grandfather, purportedly used the mountain as a hideout when fighting against the Japanese occupation for independence in the 1940s.—
Will Ripley,
CNN Money,
15 Apr. 2025
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Throughout the uneven gravel, dirt, and often muddy terrain of the nursery, workers carrying plants and pushing carts of compost and potting soil were all donning the same pair.—
Stephanie Osmanski,
Better Homes & Gardens,
23 Apr. 2025
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The years-long drive to give Florida’s nursery and farm workers landmark health protections from increasingly scorching summer heat appears to have reached a dead end.—
Ashley Miznazi,
Miami Herald,
20 Apr. 2025
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The latter here is represented via a large puppet created by Jim Henson’s Creature Shop, and the walk-through experience will take us from taverns to the back alley of a marketplace to the beholder’s lair.—
Todd Martens,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Apr. 2025
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Perhaps by taking the critter back to its lair at the heart of the island, the girl will be able to reconcile the comforts of home with the call of the wild.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
26 Jan. 2025
Noun
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It’s headed by Rabbi Avi Weiss and Rabba Sara Hurwitz, the founders of liberal Orthodox seminaries in New York City.—
Asaf Elia-Shalev,
Sun Sentinel,
10 Mar. 2025
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Born in Poland in 1920, Karol Józef Wojtyła attended clandestine seminaries and frequented groups of intellectuals who met in secret to discuss ways of undermining Communism from within.—
Yvonnick Denoël,
airmail.news,
1 Feb. 2025
Noun
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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 pilot eventually managed to land the airplane outside Belize City after being forced to circle the airspace between northern Belize and the capital.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
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On the other side of the Nile, which runs through the capital, Babakir Khalid, 2 months old, gasped for breath.—
Declan Walsh,
New York Times,
19 Apr. 2025
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“Nest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nest. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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