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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 cores
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
All of the cells settled down around the pillars, which caused their nuclei to curve.
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Michael Franco, New Atlas, 3 Oct. 2024
Having a non-destructive way to open cellular nuclei can go a long way toward advancing gene therapy or sorting out ways to deliver drugs directly into the hearts of our cells.
—Michael Franco, New Atlas, 3 Oct. 2024
This caused openings to form in the nuclear membrane but not in the exterior cellular structure as witnessed by the appearance of the dye from the nuclei showing up in the cell's cytoplasm.
—Michael Franco, New Atlas, 3 Oct. 2024
These particles pull on each other so strongly that standard mathematical techniques fail to predict what will happen when, for instance, two nuclei collide.
—Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 25 Sep. 2024
For example, the particles of the CFT closely resemble the real particles found in atomic nuclei.
—Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 25 Sep. 2024
But by using the holographic dictionary to look at the particles from their other perspective, as a gently curving space-time, physicists can calculate the outcome using Einstein’s gravity equations and then translate the answer back to get a sense of how the nuclei would smash together.
—Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 25 Sep. 2024
Michael Franco, New Atlas, 3 Oct. 2024
Having a non-destructive way to open cellular nuclei can go a long way toward advancing gene therapy or sorting out ways to deliver drugs directly into the hearts of our cells.
—Michael Franco, New Atlas, 3 Oct. 2024
This caused openings to form in the nuclear membrane but not in the exterior cellular structure as witnessed by the appearance of the dye from the nuclei showing up in the cell's cytoplasm.
—Michael Franco, New Atlas, 3 Oct. 2024
These particles pull on each other so strongly that standard mathematical techniques fail to predict what will happen when, for instance, two nuclei collide.
—Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 25 Sep. 2024
For example, the particles of the CFT closely resemble the real particles found in atomic nuclei.
—Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 25 Sep. 2024
But by using the holographic dictionary to look at the particles from their other perspective, as a gently curving space-time, physicists can calculate the outcome using Einstein’s gravity equations and then translate the answer back to get a sense of how the nuclei would smash together.
—Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 25 Sep. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nuclei
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In an interview with Interesting Engineering, Stevenson explains how the team examined over 300 cores from the region, gathered during various research cruises over the last 40 years.Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2024
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The Blend & Brawn capsule houses cotton-rich fabrics with polyester and nylon cores for superior performance and strength.Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 17 Oct. 2024
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Colonial outposts like Singapore and Hong Kong flourished as cosmopolitan hubs, honorary extensions of the metropole into alien lands.Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
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Main music hubs will include Shoreditch Town Hall, Village Underground and 93 East.Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 21 Oct. 2024
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The company continues to focus on its Banking-as-a-Service and Higher Education businesses, leveraging partner banks' existing customer bases for customer acquisition.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
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Russia, along with other countries, have long been open about training the aquatic mammals to patrol waters near sensitive outposts and bases.Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 13 Nov. 2024
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“Nuclei.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nuclei. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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