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as in center
a thing or place that is of greatest importance to an activity or interest
in addition to being the suburb's social axis, the country club is the place where deals are made and partnerships are forged
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as in confederacy
an association of persons, parties, or states for mutual assistance and protection
an axis of previously nonaligned nations
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Recent Examples of axis
This axis also straddles two of the countries with the most muscular production and VFX tax incentives in Europe.
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John Hopewell,
Variety,
23 June 2026
Its baton-style body fits comfortably in the hand, and features a three-axis gimbal, brushless motors, and gyros to keep the camera steady and level, even as your hand bounces around.
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Jim Fisher,
PC Magazine,
23 June 2026
The secret to this climatic pendulum lies in Earth’s precession—that is, the wobble on its axis that completes a cycle roughly every 26,000 years (see also Milankovitch cycles).
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Encyclopedia Britannica,
18 June 2026
Its entire sensor architecture exists to model the HPO axis—the hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian system, the hormonal feedback loop that governs nearly every dimension of female physiology.
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Lily Mae Lazarus,
Fortune,
17 June 2026
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John Hopewell,
Variety,
23 June 2026
Its baton-style body fits comfortably in the hand, and features a three-axis gimbal, brushless motors, and gyros to keep the camera steady and level, even as your hand bounces around.
—
Jim Fisher,
PC Magazine,
23 June 2026
The secret to this climatic pendulum lies in Earth’s precession—that is, the wobble on its axis that completes a cycle roughly every 26,000 years (see also Milankovitch cycles).
—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
18 June 2026
Its entire sensor architecture exists to model the HPO axis—the hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian system, the hormonal feedback loop that governs nearly every dimension of female physiology.
—
Lily Mae Lazarus,
Fortune,
17 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for axis
Recent Examples of Synonyms for axis
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Neto bobbled the ball for an error, though, and Contreras crushed Johnson’s next pitch for his 20th homer, a 446-foot shot to left-center that left his bat at 112 mph and gave Boston a 5-3 lead.
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The incident happened less than a week after another child was found dead inside a car at a Plantation early learning center last Monday.
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The headstone, a memorial to texans who served the confederacy, was erected in 1964, which is to say the state missed the hundred-year anniversary of the battle itself but did remember to put it up in the year that Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act.
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And the citizenship question, the birthright-citizenship question, is part of that effort to federalize power such that a confederacy, a secession or anything like it, could never happen again.
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Shenzhen already has a reputation as one of China's major technology hubs.
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Deep Light is, of course, not the only hub for cinematographers and aspiring cinematographers online.
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That could shift the NATO conversation from how the alliance helps Ukraine to how Ukraine helps NATO prepare for modern war.
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The cutbacks and mixed messaging have undermined unity at the alliance, just as Russia has been probing Europe’s defenses with drone flights near military bases across multiple countries, according to a study released Thursday.
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The action required is not cultural goodwill but actual capital, flowing from institutions, from investors, and from women with wealth toward the work of building these tables.
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Downtown Sacramento was awash in Dodger blue as thousands of fans poured into the capital city for a three-game series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the A’s that concludes Wednesday.
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The operation was a testament to the growing effectiveness of a multinational coalition of urban search-and-rescue squads.
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In addition to Loop Capital, the development coalition that comprises Oakland Acquisition Company includes sports agent Bill Duffy and real-estate developer Alan Dones.
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As one of the darkest spots in the lower 48, Grand Staircase-Escalante is also a mecca for stargazers, with much of its acreage ranked as Bortle Class 1—meaning that on clear nights the Milky Way is bright enough to cast noticeable shadows and even appears to have three dimensions.
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Catawba County, along with other parts of North Carolina, have become a mecca for data center construction as demand for AI tools has increased.
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They were filled with protesters — including outraged members of a teachers’ union and relatives of kidnapping victims — as well as fans skeptical of a team that, four years earlier, posted its worst World Cup performance since 1978.
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The union says it’s already made concessions at the bargaining table but with little offered in return to improve current conditions and wages.
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“Axis.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/axis. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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