nerve center
noun
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: a source of leadership, organization, control, or energy
the financial nerve center of the nation
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the economic nerve center of a nation
Wall Street's undisputed status as the nerve center for the world of high finance.
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In the middle is the nerve center of that world: 420 West Broadway, where Leo Castelli, Sonnabend, John Weber, and Charles Cowels galleries were located.
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Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024
Sealing the spacecraft’s vault—its nerve center—is a plate forged from tantalum metal.
—Nadia Drake, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2024
The cameras are monitored by officers watching a bank of screens at a downtown headquarters nerve center.
—Ken Dilanian, NBC News, 2 Oct. 2024
Messenger Plus users will also be able to send photos and voice messages to Garmin Response, the company’s emergency nerve center for SOS dispatch efforts, when an SOS is triggered.
—Jakob Schiller, Outside Online, 20 Sep. 2024
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Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024
Sealing the spacecraft’s vault—its nerve center—is a plate forged from tantalum metal.
—Nadia Drake, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2024
The cameras are monitored by officers watching a bank of screens at a downtown headquarters nerve center.
—Ken Dilanian, NBC News, 2 Oct. 2024
Messenger Plus users will also be able to send photos and voice messages to Garmin Response, the company’s emergency nerve center for SOS dispatch efforts, when an SOS is triggered.
—Jakob Schiller, Outside Online, 20 Sep. 2024
See all Example Sentences for nerve center
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“Nerve center.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nerve%20center. Accessed 16 Dec. 2024.
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