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a thing or place that is of greatest importance to an activity or interest
Wall Street's undisputed status as the nerve center for the world of high finance
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Recent Examples of nerve center
Singhania and his colleagues monitor each team’s hardware using computers on Bosch’s race-day trailer, a mobile nerve center hardwired to the organizers’ control center on the race track.
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IEEE Spectrum, 24 June 2024
In the middle is the nerve center of that world: 420 West Broadway, where Leo Castelli, Sonnabend, John Weber, and Charles Cowels galleries were located.
—Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024
Sealing the spacecraft’s vault—its nerve center—is a plate forged from tantalum metal.
—Nadia Drake, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2024
The cameras are monitored by officers watching a bank of screens at a downtown headquarters nerve center.
—Ken Dilanian, NBC News, 2 Oct. 2024
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IEEE Spectrum, 24 June 2024
In the middle is the nerve center of that world: 420 West Broadway, where Leo Castelli, Sonnabend, John Weber, and Charles Cowels galleries were located.
—Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024
Sealing the spacecraft’s vault—its nerve center—is a plate forged from tantalum metal.
—Nadia Drake, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2024
The cameras are monitored by officers watching a bank of screens at a downtown headquarters nerve center.
—Ken Dilanian, NBC News, 2 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nerve center
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If Ukraine develops its own air defense system, this would ease Kyiv's independence on the likes of the U.S. for the protection of its population centers and vital infrastructure.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
20 Jan. 2025
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The National Center for Education Statistics has tracked a recent drop in U.S. children’s reading abilities, yet that mostly coincides with the pandemic, and scores are still as good as or better than when the center started measuring, in 1971.—
Daniel Immerwahr,
The New Yorker,
20 Jan. 2025
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As for the private capital lending, long-term equity and financing services provided by his new patron, Thompson acknowledges that his knowledge remains limited.—
Matt Craig,
Forbes,
12 Jan. 2025
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And how much of their worth is tied up in a team that took out a $50 million loan to cover expenses after the 2023 season, had a capital call to its minority owners for $100 million the previous year and has had MLB slap its hand for reaching its limit of allowable debt?—
Jeff Sanders,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Jan. 2025
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With a cozy high neckline and various versatile lengths and fabrics available, Amazon's fashion hub has a slew of stylish options worth throwing into your winter wardrobe.—
Wendy Vazquez,
Southern Living,
11 Jan. 2025
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All of Google Home's hub devices—Nest screens and speakers, Chromecasts, Google TV devices running at least Android 14, and a few other gadgets—can interoperate with Matter devices locally, with no cloud required.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
11 Jan. 2025
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There was also the Folklife Center, a whole store converted into a mecca of everything folk.—
Charlie Hobbs,
Condé Nast Traveler,
24 Dec. 2024
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Now, the town is an affordable retirement community and a mecca for off-road vehicle enthusiasts.—
Austin Corona,
The Arizona Republic,
8 Dec. 2024
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Many of those players are part of the Jets’ young nucleus, such as Sauce Gardner, Breece Hall, Jermaine Johnson, and Olu Fashanu.—
Antwan Staley,
New York Daily News,
15 Jan. 2025
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And team officials also wanted Valančiūnas’ scoring and rebounding to help the young nucleus.—
David Aldridge,
The Athletic,
14 Jan. 2025
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Both of our wives are pregnant and our primary focus right now is getting back on stable ground.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
People.com,
11 Jan. 2025
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After the company completed integration of the rocket this week, and rolled the super heavy lift rocket to its launch site at Cape Canaveral, the focus turned toward the weather.—
Eric Berger,
Ars Technica,
11 Jan. 2025
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First, unlike Marathon, which is still a shooter, this is going to be far outside that core Bungie space.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes,
11 Jan. 2025
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Psyche is a nickel-iron core asteroid that orbits the sun beyond Mars anywhere from 235 million to 309 million miles away.—
Richard Tribou,
Orlando Sentinel,
10 Jan. 2025
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The church, about 500 yards from ground zero and near the Nagasaki Peace Park, is widely seen as a symbol of hope and peace, as its bell tower and some statues survived the nuclear bombing.—
Yuri Kageyama,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Jan. 2025
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After all, tourists from around the world pay to see sites like the Chernobyl in Ukraine, ground zero in New York City and former Nazi concentration camps in Poland.—
Gabriella Rudy,
NBC News,
12 Dec. 2024
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“Nerve center.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nerve%20center. Accessed 24 Jan. 2025.
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