as in center
a thing or place that is of greatest importance to an activity or interest
during the Vietnam War the university's campus effectively became the area's omphalos for antiwar activity
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Recent Examples of omphalos
In front of me was a black ovoid stone, known as the omphalos, set on the spot in Greek mythology where two eagles loosed by Zeus crossed paths at the earth’s nexus.
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Liz Alderman, New York Times, 9 July 2019
While the temples have crumbled, seeing the omphalos gave me goose bumps, and left me awe-struck over Delphi’s sublime place in history.
—Liz Alderman, New York Times, 9 July 2019
Zeus marked the spot with a stone called the omphalos (navel), to signify the location’s centrality.
—National Geographic, 12 Mar. 2019
Liz Alderman, New York Times, 9 July 2019
While the temples have crumbled, seeing the omphalos gave me goose bumps, and left me awe-struck over Delphi’s sublime place in history.
—Liz Alderman, New York Times, 9 July 2019
Zeus marked the spot with a stone called the omphalos (navel), to signify the location’s centrality.
—National Geographic, 12 Mar. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for omphalos
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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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The filing instantly thrust the music mogul into the center of a media firestorm.Molly McPherson, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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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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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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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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Partnering with community hubs, like museums, can also broaden exposure to diverse career options in an engaging environment.Khaitsa Wasiyo, Forbes, 12 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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This fleshy conglomerate feels vaguely seductive despite having only navels for orifices, only knee-like lumps for appendages.Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 27 Nov. 2024
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This may be because massaging your navel can stimulate the lymphatic system in your gastrointestinal tract, Rocco says.Renée Onque, CNBC, 21 Nov. 2024
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Thinking of potential loci of conflict, the Southern Hemisphere immediately appears a safer bet, with no countries on that side of the globe possessing nuclear weapons.Steven Desmyter, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2024
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Former COOs who’ve recently ascended to the chief executive locus include Netflix’s Greg Peters, Honeywell’s Vimal Kapur, Costco’s Ron Vachris, and Keurig Dr Pepper’s Tim Cofer.Jason Ma, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2024
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“Omphalos.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/omphalos. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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