Thesaurus results for NERVE CENTER

nerve center

noun

Definition of nerve center

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 In effect, the system serves as the tournament's digital nerve center, helping FIFA and Lenovo manage the complex logistics of hosting matches simultaneously across countries and cities. — Justyn Newman, PC Magazine, 8 July 2026 Ultimately the interference can lead to flight disruptions and delays as confusion descends on the nerve center of a plane. — Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 28 Apr. 2026 Across the room, the electricity is sent through a rectifier, the nerve center for the substation. — New York Times, 20 Apr. 2026 The targets were not rocket launchers or weapons depots, according to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), but the nerve centers of the organization — command rooms, intelligence headquarters and offices where Hezbollah commanders planned the next stage of the fight. — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 15 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for nerve center

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Noun

For years, hospitals have been buying and building outpatient centers, and then funneling more care to them.

— Bob Herman, STAT, 5 Oct. 2026
An institution built explicitly to neutralize biological catastrophes is now at the center of one.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of center

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Otthon Centrum analyst Gábor Soóki-Tóth said Tihany is one of the most expensive places in Hungary to buy a vacation property — with prices outstripping those in the nation's capital.

— Lucy Handley, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026
Devin Jacob Ballard, 20, who is stationed at Futenma Air Station, on suspicion of strangling Anna Yagi, 39, at a hotel in the island's capital city, Naha, early Saturday and stealing her wallet and backpack.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of capital

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Not to be outdone, Celsius, another prominent energy drink, has partnered with ESPN to sponsor College GameDay, the hub of the let’s-have-fun-and-watch-TV-sports-all-day movement.

— Kent Sepkowitz, STAT, 5 Oct. 2026
DriVe2X sees potential applications in mobility hubs, apartment buildings, and single-family houses.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of hub

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Named for the massive cliffs that stretch across 32 miles of shoreline, Calvert Cliffs is also a mecca for fossil hunters.

— Katie Riley, Southern Living, 20 Sep. 2026
But for lovers of all things sweet and creamy, Cheesecake Funk is today a veritable mecca for those in the know.

— David Farley, Bon Appetit Magazine, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of mecca

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And deuterium nuclei contain a neutron that can be liberated by a neutrino and then detected, regardless of the type of neutrino.

— Doug Cowen, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2026
Hermeneutics as a gateway to the nucleus of spoken language, the same feeling as during childhood experiments with secret codes.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of nucleus

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Having said her piece, Lisa is fully checked out — putting her focus on lining her lips for as long as this takes, so much so that Angie calls her out for the nervous tick.

— Tom Smyth, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2026
These approaches test reason, rather than the output focus of most assignments.

— Reynald Fasciaux, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of focus

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The operation may now be down to 36 spots and deep dish may not be the preferred style of locals who like to be contrarian, but the Pizzeria Uno on Ohio Street remains ground zero for a Chicago cultural phenomenon.

— Edward Robert McClelland, Chicago Tribune, 1 Oct. 2026
In Europe, multiethnic capitals are pilloried by the far right as demographic time bombs, ground zero for invasions of unwanted foreigners.

— Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of ground zero

Noun

The core mission of the SSC is to move personnel and material off amphibious ships.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 11 Oct. 2026
The market kept its core strands and added ProducerHub, InnoAsia, Doc Square and The A, and these drew people who had never attended a market before.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 10 Oct. 2026

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