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as in centers
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 hideouts
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 nests
The pendulous nests of weaverbirds, two feet long, hung like decorations from the trees along the banks.
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Stanley Stewart, Travel + Leisure, 10 Jan. 2026
In Chicago, the large lakeshore population of Canadian geese has become a major food source for Cook County coyotes, not so much the adult geese themselves as the contents of their nests, nearly half of which get raided in most years.
—Literary Hub, 8 Jan. 2026
Inspectors noted an oil leak, birds’ nests and a broken insulator in Pleasanton, and in Newark, found a rusted anchor for a tower-support cable, along with illegible gauges and birds’ nests.
—Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 7 Jan. 2026
In some species, ants restructure their nests to slow the transmission of a lethal fungus and in others, ant queens eat infected brood to prevent the spread of disease and recover nutrients.
—Arundathi Nair, NPR, 7 Jan. 2026
Scan treetops for high points with clear views of the surrounding landscape for nests.
—Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 3 Jan. 2026
As Interesting Engineering reported in July 2025, workers at the Savannah River Site discovered a series of radioactive wasp nests during routine inspections near the F-Area Tank Farm.
—Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 31 Dec. 2025
By 1985, just over 700 nests were documented, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
—Jenny Staletovich, Miami Herald, 31 Dec. 2025
Receptacles in other rooms may contain tissues, cotton swabs, paper, lint, and other soft materials mice may use for their nests.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 28 Dec. 2025
Stanley Stewart, Travel + Leisure, 10 Jan. 2026
In Chicago, the large lakeshore population of Canadian geese has become a major food source for Cook County coyotes, not so much the adult geese themselves as the contents of their nests, nearly half of which get raided in most years.
—Literary Hub, 8 Jan. 2026
Inspectors noted an oil leak, birds’ nests and a broken insulator in Pleasanton, and in Newark, found a rusted anchor for a tower-support cable, along with illegible gauges and birds’ nests.
—Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 7 Jan. 2026
In some species, ants restructure their nests to slow the transmission of a lethal fungus and in others, ant queens eat infected brood to prevent the spread of disease and recover nutrients.
—Arundathi Nair, NPR, 7 Jan. 2026
Scan treetops for high points with clear views of the surrounding landscape for nests.
—Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 3 Jan. 2026
As Interesting Engineering reported in July 2025, workers at the Savannah River Site discovered a series of radioactive wasp nests during routine inspections near the F-Area Tank Farm.
—Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 31 Dec. 2025
By 1985, just over 700 nests were documented, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
—Jenny Staletovich, Miami Herald, 31 Dec. 2025
Receptacles in other rooms may contain tissues, cotton swabs, paper, lint, and other soft materials mice may use for their nests.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 28 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nests
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One of Actum’s largest clients is AltaMed Health Services Corporation, a federally-qualified network of community health centers in Los Angeles.—
Nicole Nixon,
Sacbee.com,
11 Jan. 2026
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This could be achieved by, for example, targeting presidential offices, military headquarters, key data centers, and other telecommunications hubs.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Jan. 2026
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From serene mountain hideouts to tiny communities with picture-perfect main streets, here are eight of Tennessee’s most romantic small towns for your next weekend away.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
8 Jan. 2026
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The attackers who raided Kasuwan-Daji arrived from the National Park Forest along Kabe district, according to the police, pointing to a usual trend where abandoned expansive forest reserves act as hideouts for armed gangs.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
4 Jan. 2026
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Bare-root deciduous fruit trees are now arriving in nurseries and home improvement centers.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
9 Jan. 2026
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Clearance plants are often clustered together in the corners of nurseries with limited access to sunlight.—
SJ McShane,
Martha Stewart,
8 Jan. 2026
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These involve raiding the lairs of hoodlum rivals, then singlehandedly dissuading them from competition.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
28 Oct. 2025
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At the time, Oakland was one of the hotbeds where protesters and police clashed.—
Suzette Hackney,
USA Today,
21 Dec. 2025
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The ivory tower is losing luster by the second, after campuses around the country proved to be hotbeds of antisemitism, grade inflation has spiked rather than dissipated, and outrageous tuitions fund outlandish administrative salaries.—
Boston Herald editorial staff,
Boston Herald,
29 Oct. 2025
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At the heart of the unrest is a long-standing exemption that allows ultra-Orthodox men who study full-time in religious seminaries to avoid military service — a policy that many Israelis view as deeply unfair.—
Efrat Lachter,
FOXNews.com,
30 Oct. 2025
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Before the ban, police in Punjab raided the house of the TLP's leader, Saad Rizvi, and the government sealed mosques and seminaries associated with the party.—
NPR,
NPR,
24 Oct. 2025
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Anyone who’s ever done ballet will know that many studios are breeding grounds for body image issues.—
Refinery29 Staff,
Refinery29,
12 Nov. 2025
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Miller argues that universities are breeding grounds for ideological intolerance, laying blame on Marxist ideas.—
Mitch Picasso , Stephen Sorace,
FOXNews.com,
18 Oct. 2025
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“Nests.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nests. Accessed 17 Jan. 2026.
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