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 To deliberately collapse and compress a lobe of lung, and with it, its nidus of festering infection. Rebecca Kreston, Discover Magazine, 24 Mar. 2017 The indisputably desirable goal of supporting walking, biking and bus-riding around an Uptown nidus was severely wounded. Star Tribune, 30 Nov. 2020
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Noun
  • That’s despite a range of threats facing shorebirds in Florida, from predators and human interference to nest overwash from storms and rising high tides.
    Molly Duerig, Miami Herald, 28 June 2025
  • According to the study authors, while the circular indentations may be tied to the theropod’s attempts at nest building, the scratches are more likely the remains of their ritual dance-offs, in which male dinosaurs dug deep into the sand, slashing their claws and sending spews of dust into the air.
    Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • Wolf, a seven-foot, 250-pound center, spent his first two college seasons at Yale before transferring to Michigan.
    Kels Dayton, Hartford Courant, 26 June 2025
  • Others, such as 18-year-old fellow center back Jordyn Bugg and 21-year-old Lilly Reale, will be playing with Girma for the first time.
    Tamerra Griffin, New York Times, 26 June 2025
Noun
  • Proceeds will support the project’s nursery, which is featured in a new Save LA Cougars video explaining how all the crossing’s native plants, soils and compost have been chosen and nurtured.
    Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2025
  • King eventually managed half of the plantings, working with area nurseries on sapling and seed provenance, as NRG ecologists tried to keep pace.
    Robert Sullivan, Curbed, 9 June 2025
Noun
  • General manager Kevin Cheveldayoff had thought about trading down from 28th to acquire more draft capital.
    Murat Ates, New York Times, 29 June 2025
  • The weekend session could be a make-or-break moment for Trump's party, which has invested much of its political capital on his signature domestic policy plan.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 29 June 2025
Noun
  • Only a handful of those who helped make the Village a musical hotbed are still out performing and even making new albums — Bob Dylan, of course, along with Judy Collins, Carolyn Hester, Noel Paul Stookey, and very few others.
    David Browne, Rolling Stone, 4 June 2025
  • The area has also become a hotbed of rock climbing, and the most popular crag for out-of-towners is Stone Fort, a bouldering area 20 miles north of downtown with 400 problems on high quality sandstone.
    Ryan Krogh, Outside Online, 3 June 2025

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“Nidus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nidus. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.

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