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as in centers
a thing or place that is of greatest importance to an activity or interest
a college campus that was a nucleus of opposition to the war
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as in hearts
the central part or aspect of something under consideration
the nucleus of the movement's methodology has always been passive resistance
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Recent Examples of nuclei
The researchers found that surviving fibroblasts developed significantly larger nuclei after depletion—a possible sign of cellular stress—and that the fibroblast network covering the dermal space shrank by only about 10%.
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Peter Jurich,
Hartford Courant,
22 June 2026
The idea is attractive because atomic nuclei are much smaller and more isolated from the outside world.
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Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
13 June 2026
One natural guess is that galaxies above the critical mass simply lose more of their normal matter to outflows from supernovas and active galactic nuclei.
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Paul Sutter,
Space.com,
9 June 2026
This undated microscope image from USC via the NIH shows pancreatic cancer cells, nuclei in blue, growing as a sphere encased in membranes, red.
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CBS News,
31 May 2026
Fusion energy uses light elements, such as hydrogen, and extreme heat to make nuclei collide and fuse, producing a single, heavier atom and massive energy.
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Judith Kohler,
Denver Post,
27 May 2026
The building blocks of atomic nuclei, quarks and gluons, floated around loosely in a kind of primordial soup.
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Manon Bischoff,
Scientific American,
23 May 2026
The Metabolic Nucleus Nearly all the different cell types in your body — liver cells, heart cells, skin cells, beta cells, and so on — contain the same genome in their nuclei.
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Viviane Callier,
Quanta Magazine,
21 Mar. 2025
In its earliest days, the Universe was a hot, dense soup of subatomic particles, including hydrogen and helium nuclei, aka baryons.
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Jennifer Ouellette,
Ars Technica,
19 Mar. 2025
Peter Jurich,
Hartford Courant,
22 June 2026
The idea is attractive because atomic nuclei are much smaller and more isolated from the outside world.
—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
13 June 2026
One natural guess is that galaxies above the critical mass simply lose more of their normal matter to outflows from supernovas and active galactic nuclei.
—
Paul Sutter,
Space.com,
9 June 2026
This undated microscope image from USC via the NIH shows pancreatic cancer cells, nuclei in blue, growing as a sphere encased in membranes, red.
—
CBS News,
31 May 2026
Fusion energy uses light elements, such as hydrogen, and extreme heat to make nuclei collide and fuse, producing a single, heavier atom and massive energy.
—
Judith Kohler,
Denver Post,
27 May 2026
The building blocks of atomic nuclei, quarks and gluons, floated around loosely in a kind of primordial soup.
—
Manon Bischoff,
Scientific American,
23 May 2026
The Metabolic Nucleus Nearly all the different cell types in your body — liver cells, heart cells, skin cells, beta cells, and so on — contain the same genome in their nuclei.
—
Viviane Callier,
Quanta Magazine,
21 Mar. 2025
In its earliest days, the Universe was a hot, dense soup of subatomic particles, including hydrogen and helium nuclei, aka baryons.
—
Jennifer Ouellette,
Ars Technica,
19 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nuclei
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Lahore is the capital of Pakistan’s most populous Punjab province, where many parents send their children to private tutoring centers in the afternoon and evening.
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Kennard could have provided a critical floor-spacing piece around Doncic, who thrives when surrounded by lob-catching centers, athletic wings and knockdown shooters.
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Millennials have a soft spot in their hearts for babydoll tops.
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Our hearts go out to the people who were lost, their families, and everyone who has been impacted.
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Protests from Washington and other capitals didn’t slow China’s island buildup, and Beijing has learned from that experience, Powell said.
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Between capitals, the ship glides through Austria’s wine country, with family winery visits and Melk Abbey structuring the scenic stretches.
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Narrow tree cores – the diameter of a pencil – have been pulled from some of the planet’s oldest trees.
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But Becerra remained the clear Democratic favorite in South County, in the urban cores of Escondido and San Marcos, as well as most of Vista and Oceanside.
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Among the focuses will be communication, data, inflation, technology and the Fed's balance sheet.
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Beyond family and football, Kane’s two main focuses, golf is the only other hobby that really moves him.
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Aniston, on the other hand, leaned into the shoe's casual roots, wearing hers with jeans and a tank top for a relaxed look that felt quintessentially summer.
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The dynamic Sun in your 9th House of Exploration quincunxes powerful Pluto in your 4th House of Home, so growth calls while roots demand attention.
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Artificial intelligence is fundamentally altering America's economic geography, enabling businesses to operate globally while reducing reliance on traditional urban hubs.
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The airport is one of only two commercial aviation hubs in the United States to feature terminal gambling (the other is Reno-Tahoe International Airport).
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Grill ears in their husks, then cut the kernels from the cob and add them to salads, salsas, grain bowls, or vegetable dishes.
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Queue our first montage of black-and-white movie clips (this time from The Hustler) that tip us off to the cinematic kernels from which Sugar learned to charm a civilian.
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“Nuclei.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nuclei. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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