as in nest
a place or environment that favors the development of something a type of contact lens that proved to be a nidus of infection

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Recent Examples of nidus The indisputably desirable goal of supporting walking, biking and bus-riding around an Uptown nidus was severely wounded. Star Tribune, 30 Nov. 2020 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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Noun
  • Twenty years later, the city had 30 nests.
    Tom Langen, The Conversation, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Remnants of concrete German artillery bunkers and machine gun nests litter the coastline.
    Jim Clash, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Discard the tired-looking center and separate clumps from the outer edges by hand or use a sharp knife or pruning saw.
    Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Public and private investors would develop the Gaza Strip into a center of tech innovation and tourism, with high-rises.
    Michele Chabin, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Across the galaxy, stars are born in immense clouds of gas and dust — stellar nurseries where gravity coaxes material to coalesce and ignite.
    Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Baby animal enthusiasts rejoice, soon there will be new pups to see in the Nashville Zoo's nursery.
    Kirsten Fiscus, Nashville Tennessean, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Lisa, 28, wore a black maxi dress with cutouts, and paired the look with an extremely rare Hermès Birkin while in South Korea's capital city.
    Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2025
  • At the club’s training ground in the Valdebebas district of the Spanish capital, both coaching staff and team-mates value the fact Ceballos can bring a style of play that is not so characteristic of the club’s other midfielders, more based on linking play.
    Mario Cortegana, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Rasheed was mostly raised by a single mother who struggled financially, in San Diego’s Skyline neighborhood, infamous for being a hotbed of gang activity.
    Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Georgia is a hotbed for youth baseball, but Condon was not considered a hot prospect while playing high school baseball at The Walker School in Marietta, Ga.
    Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 6 Sep. 2025

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“Nidus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nidus. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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