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nidi

noun

variants or niduses

plural of nidus

as in nests

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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Noun

Hornets are significantly larger, typically build aerial paper nests and have brown/yellow or black/white markings.

— Nick Perry, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026
Nonetheless, the titanosaur nests would have been large enough to make a distinct impression on the landscape, especially if the dinosaurs nested communally.

— Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of nests

Noun

Much of the pressure on Zac Taylor centers on not squandering Joe Burrow’s prime.

— Paul Dehner Jr, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Inspired by real events, the six-parter centers on the first criminal investigation in Spain into the killing of a wild animal, following the death of bear Cachou in the Pyrenees’ Aran Valley in 2020.

— Annika Pham, Variety, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of centers

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These incidents have many travelers asking if cruises are breeding grounds for illnesses and germs?

— Nathan Diller, USA Today, 11 May 2026
Apocalypse movies are breeding grounds for unlikely posses, and this Australian zom-com from writer-director Abe Forsythe is no exception.

— Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Feb. 2026

Definition of breeding grounds

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That’s quite a claim from a man who oversees one of the world’s most prolific hotbeds of anti-vaccine conspiracism.

— Will Oremus, The Atlantic, 12 Aug. 2026
However, Canada’s success at the World Cup could lead to even more interest in soccer in traditional hockey hotbeds.

— Shelby Blackley, New York Times, 4 July 2026

Definition of hotbeds

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Both inflation and the jobs market have been key focuses for Wall Street and the Federal Reserve.

— Damian J. Troise, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026
Our Walks & Treks tours are one of our most popular tour types, however tours with culinary focuses are quickly gaining popularity.

— Roger Sands, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of foci

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This year, funding was supposed to ramp up to $25 million a year to pay for boats, air tanks, and divers to get the corals out of the nurseries and onto the reef.

— Nicolás Rivero, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2026
Other white shark nurseries recognized globally are in the coastal waters off California, Mexico and Australia.

— ABC News, ABC News, 1 Sep. 2026

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