as in center
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
Some reorganized their nerve centers, as South Korea did with its Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency.
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Swee Kheng Khor, Foreign Affairs, 21 Sep. 2020
Competing for Sweden offered some practical benefits: the nerve center of the sport is in Europe, where most major competitions take place.
—Sean Gregory, TIME, 31 July 2024
That effort was led by the DEA and its multi-agency Special Operations Division nerve center in Chantilly, Va., but the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security also played crucial roles, Donovan said.
—Lauren Villagran, USA TODAY, 28 July 2024
The Teamsters recently also joined forces with Amazon workers at an air hub in Kentucky, pushing to unionize a transportation nerve center at the heart of the company's fast shipping.
—Alina Selyukh, NPR, 18 June 2024
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Swee Kheng Khor, Foreign Affairs, 21 Sep. 2020
Competing for Sweden offered some practical benefits: the nerve center of the sport is in Europe, where most major competitions take place.
—Sean Gregory, TIME, 31 July 2024
That effort was led by the DEA and its multi-agency Special Operations Division nerve center in Chantilly, Va., but the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security also played crucial roles, Donovan said.
—Lauren Villagran, USA TODAY, 28 July 2024
The Teamsters recently also joined forces with Amazon workers at an air hub in Kentucky, pushing to unionize a transportation nerve center at the heart of the company's fast shipping.
—Alina Selyukh, NPR, 18 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nerve center
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Meanwhile, in the present, the survivors find themselves at the center of a conspiracy that might just bring their past secrets to light.Abby Monteil, Them, 9 Dec. 2024
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The filing instantly thrust the music mogul into the center of a media firestorm.Molly McPherson, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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On December 10, Russia launched a ballistic missile strike on a private medical facility in the southeastern regional capital, killing at least 11 people and wounding more than 20 others.Katya Soldak, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
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Streets in the capital Kyiv remained largely empty Friday morning as Ukraine’s air force warned of the threat of ballistic and cruise missiles potentially targeting parts of the country.Daria Tarasova Markina, CNN, 13 Dec. 2024
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Downtown San Francisco, especially in the vicinity of its Union Square shopping hub, remains in the doldrums years after other cities recovered from Covid-era lockdowns.Marc Joffe, National Review, 12 Dec. 2024
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Their new prize, organized under the banner of the Freshly Ground Stories hub launched by Abidi earlier this year, was among around 30 collateral prizes meted out to the 31 projects showcased in the festival’s Red Sea Souk’s project market.Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 12 Dec. 2024
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The arena is nearing the end of a $42 million project aimed at leaning into the arena’s growing presence as an Arizona music mecca and entertainment destination.Lorenzino Estrada, The Arizona Republic, 13 Dec. 2024
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Pink was founded as Thomas Pink in 1984 by three Irish brothers — James, Peter and John Mullen — in the go-go years as London was becoming a financial market mecca under Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.Samantha Conti, WWD, 10 Dec. 2024
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The idea is that a telltale sign of a very advanced alien technology would fuse the hydrogen isotope of deuterium, which unlike normal hydrogen contains a neutron in its nucleus, into helium to produce massive amounts of energy.Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
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Charcoal samples extracted from the plaster nuclei of two of the cave pearls were dated to around the time of the Hellenistic period (332–63 B.C.).Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
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With the integration of Farfetch, Coupang has set itself apart as a multifaceted tech giant capable of transforming every aspect of ecommerce, including doubling down on its focus to redefine the customer experience for luxury clients everywhere.TrueBridge Capital, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
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Trotter reignited the label with her quietly sensual designs and her focus on textures would gel with Bottega Veneta and her predecessor’s work at the brand.Luisa Zargani, WWD, 12 Dec. 2024
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The new leadership immediately homed in on the core values required to establish a fresh sense of belief in the company: trust and transparency.Kyle J. Russell, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
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Two research groups have separately analyzed collections of ancient genomes and come to the same conclusions about some of those core questions.Evan Bush, NBC News, 12 Dec. 2024
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Even compared with similar places, which were generally moving toward the G.O.P., and controlling for exposure to economic shocks, the communities targeted by the sales reps—the opioid ground zeros—moved toward the Republicans by an extra 4.6 per cent in the 2020 House elections.Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 26 Nov. 2024
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Red Bull, the energy drink company known for its extreme sports series, is bringing it back to ground zero.Shawna Chen, Axios, 18 Oct. 2024
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“Nerve center.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nerve%20center. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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