Thesaurus results for NERVE CENTERS

nerve centers

noun

plural of nerve center

as in centers

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 centers Within the next year, EAV could be back near full strength as one of Atlanta’s most interesting nerve centers for food and drink. — Henri Hollis, AJC.com, 6 Aug. 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 For many, including DeGrange, the watershed center is important to revitalizing the bucolic town, which has witnessed the closures of a restaurant and cafe that were previously nerve centers for the community. — Chase Hunter, Mercury News, 8 Mar. 2026 The hustle & bustle of being near stock, options & commodities exchanges and working in pristine buildings that were the nerve centers of American enterprise & entrepreneurship. — Kenneth G. Winans, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025

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Much of Modi’s comedy centers on differences between various kinds of Jews, a friction that elicits knowing laughters from his (largely, but not wholly) Jewish audience.

— Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 27 Oct. 2026
In 2012, as part of a nationwide cost-cutting move, the Postal Service closed the mail processing centers in Fort Lauderdale and Pembroke Pines and shifted the work sorting Broward’s mail to the Opa-locka center in Miami-Dade County.

— Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of centers

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Unlike many other capitals, where residential areas are usually found outside of the city’s main sights, here, those neighborhoods are built in and around all the sight-seeing big-hitters.

— Katie Silcox, Vogue, 29 Oct. 2026
Although Flávio retained his lead in the states of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, Lula won their capitals, Brazil’s two largest cities and reversed the first-round result in the city of Rio.

— Alessandra Freitas, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of capitals

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As a result, pediatric intensive care has become centralized in medical hubs, requiring critically ill children to travel farther for lifesaving care.

— CBS News, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026
As emerging economies and coastal hubs face growing power shortfalls, modular floating plants offer a way to secure grid capacity while keeping the door open to future hydrogen adoption.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of hubs

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Food meccas include Pier 57 (hit Nom Wah for legendary dim sum, or LoLo’s on the Water for the fish fry) and, of course, Chelsea Market (try Miznon’s pita cheeseburger and roasted cauliflower, and Ayada’s mango sticky rice).

— The New Yorker, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2026
Instead of meccas or meeting places for diehard fans, live sporting events try to position themselves as major cultural moments.

— Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of meccas

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Separating two magnetic signals Atoms contain several sources of magnetism, including the spins of their electrons and, in some cases, their nuclei.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 28 Oct. 2026
Many of the heaviest elements arise only in environments where lots of free neutrons crash into atomic nuclei at great velocities.

— Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of nuclei

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Military bases would need reliable fuel distribution, water treatment, secure communications, functioning maintenance systems and personnel capable of operating under emergency conditions.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2026
So, the clue at 17-Across — [Um, two bases for paint] — solves to LIKE, OIL AND WATER.

— Sean McGowan, New York Times, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of bases

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Our hearts are with the families whose homes and livelihoods have been impacted.

— Ava Berger, NPR, 24 Oct. 2026
There are also four black hearts hidden in the scarecrows, which can be used to blow up a player’s scarecrow avatar and block them from getting this mysterious power-up.

— Alice Burton, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of hearts

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As part of its third-quarter earnings report on Tuesday, Netflix lists improvements to monetization as one of its main focuses going forward, alongside efforts to boost entertainment value and leverage new technology.

— Emma Roth, The Verge, 20 Oct. 2026
One of the focuses of the collaboration is a Nutcracker Afternoon Tea debuted by The Palm Court, celebrating the beloved holiday tale.

— Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 20 Oct. 2026

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