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as in center
a place or environment that favors the development of something
suspected that the elite private universities were a nest of antigovernment sentiments
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as in hideout
a place where a person goes to hide or to avoid others
headed back to her cozy nest in the mountains for a little rest and relaxation
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Recent Examples of nest
Local horticulturalists were brought in to add natural Mexican flora, including acacia wood, bird’s nest ferns, and Monstera leaves.
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Tori Latham, Robb Report, 29 Nov. 2024
But, once her son left the nest, the holidays began to look different.
—Essence, 26 Nov. 2024
It’s propagated when its pieces are naturally broken off by wind or animals feathering nests.
—Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott, Southern Living, 27 Nov. 2024
These findings may arise because lower rainfall decreases food availability, while higher rainfall limits the birds' ability to maintain their body temperature, and also damages their habitats and nests.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2024
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Tori Latham, Robb Report, 29 Nov. 2024
But, once her son left the nest, the holidays began to look different.
—Essence, 26 Nov. 2024
It’s propagated when its pieces are naturally broken off by wind or animals feathering nests.
—Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott, Southern Living, 27 Nov. 2024
These findings may arise because lower rainfall decreases food availability, while higher rainfall limits the birds' ability to maintain their body temperature, and also damages their habitats and nests.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2024
See all Example Sentences for nest
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nest
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The most conspicuous example is the open-air winter sculpture garden at the center of the residence, an intimate, confined courtyard that allows art and nature to coalesce.Troy J. McMullen, Architectural Digest, 9 Dec. 2024
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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 family appreciated the place as a hideout, remembered Dylan’s local fix-it-man at the time, Michael Leshner.Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 6 Dec. 2024
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For decades, travelers have been able to see the Frank family’s hideout by visiting the Anne Frank House, a biographical museum created in the 1950s in collaboration with her father, Otto Frank.Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Oct. 2024
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The room is conceived as a home office, mini-gym, or perhaps a nursery.Adam Williams, New Atlas, 7 Dec. 2024
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For the younger set, there’s the Kid’s Club, which includes indoor and outdoor spaces for kids to explore, a large playroom, a mini kitchen, and a nursery, all staffed by on-site caregivers.Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 6 Dec. 2024
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Last season, the room was designed to look like a cave, but it's been revamped to look like a C-list movie supervillain's lair.Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 9 Oct. 2024
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One night, after warning Armand to steer clear of the Theatre, Louis struts into the coven’s lair and tosses gasoline on their coffins.Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 30 June 2024
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Photo: Google Maps Like many condos, this one comes with lots of amenities and perks not found in co-ops, including a swimming pool in the seminary’s former refectory and a reading room with a great books collection.Kim Velsey, Curbed, 21 Nov. 2024
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Previously, Germany had seminaries dedicated to ordaining rabbis, but no place for academic study of Jewish history and culture.Shira Li Bartov, Sun Sentinel, 3 July 2024
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To deliberately collapse and compress a lobe of lung, and with it, its nidus of festering infection.Rebecca Kreston, Discover Magazine, 24 Mar. 2017
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The indisputably desirable goal of supporting walking, biking and bus-riding around an Uptown nidus was severely wounded.Star Tribune, Star Tribune, 30 Nov. 2020
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Advertisement The main insurgent force, Hayat Tahrir al Sham, has been working to establish security and start a political transition after seizing the capital early Sunday.Albert Aji and Matthew Lee, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024
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Four of the six adult Mekong giant catfish were in the Mekong River and the other two were in the Tonle Sap River near Phnom Penh, the capital.Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
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“Nest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nest. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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