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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The Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement that its forces carried out drone strikes on logistics centers, port infrastructure and three cargo ships in the port of Reni in the Odesa region.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2026
Paired with on-site energy storage, SSTs could turn data centers from blunt-force loads into more flexible participants in the grid.

— Alex Pasternack, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of centers

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As the footprint expands across major creative capitals, both founders remain adamantly protective of the core intimacy that defines their mission.

— Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026
Beyond aesthetics, is there anything to be gleaned from Huang’s large, looping capitals or from Brockman’s wobbly lowercase initials?

— Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of capitals

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Trump won the area handily in 2020 and 2024 and the arena placed the president hours away from the state’s blue-leaning hubs in Johnson and Wyandotte counties.

— Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 20 Oct. 2026
Should inventory be staged closer to fulfillment centers or major retail distribution hubs?

— Tom Wicky, Forbes.com, 20 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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Is an individual even a network, or is an individual just a genome, tiny little nuclei floating inside this tube?

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 15 Oct. 2026
Those elementary particles, first detected experimentally in 1956, travel through space, interacting only rarely with electrons and atomic nuclei.

— Daniella McCahey, The Conversation, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of nuclei

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Halpin watched the ball clear the wall in right-center then launched his bat over his head and into the sky before rounding the bases.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2026
Brewers third baseman David Hamilton rounds the bases after hitting a home run in the ninth inning.

— Greg Rosenstein, NBC news, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of bases

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From elaborate cocktail shrimp towers down to pigs in a blanket and grape jelly meatballs in slow cookers, these dishes are returning to our homes and our hearts.

— Candy Hom, AJC.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Our hearts are with his family, friends, teammates, and everyone who knew him.

— Scott Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2026

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