1
as in center
a place or environment that favors the development of something
suspected that the elite private universities were a nest of antigovernment sentiments
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as in hideout
a place where a person goes to hide or to avoid others
headed back to her cozy nest in the mountains for a little rest and relaxation
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Recent Examples of nest
When snow began to melt from a storm that hit the area where the nest is located, a hundred miles northeast of Los Angeles, the eaglet's death was revealed.
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James Powel, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2025
However, this nest of individual solutions also leads to blind spots and extremely limited interoperability.
—Jonathan Fischbein, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
Look for Argentine ant nests in shallow mounds and carpenter ant nests in tree stumps and other wood with sawdust-like frass deposits nearby.
—Barbara Robertson, The Mercury News, 17 Mar. 2025
Whenever the other eagles in the aviary came near his rock and its nest, Murphy would scream and charge at them, the sanctuary wrote.
—Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2025
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James Powel, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2025
However, this nest of individual solutions also leads to blind spots and extremely limited interoperability.
—Jonathan Fischbein, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
Look for Argentine ant nests in shallow mounds and carpenter ant nests in tree stumps and other wood with sawdust-like frass deposits nearby.
—Barbara Robertson, The Mercury News, 17 Mar. 2025
Whenever the other eagles in the aviary came near his rock and its nest, Murphy would scream and charge at them, the sanctuary wrote.
—Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nest
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Functionality of these three branches and the commensurate endurance of individual liberty center squarely on society’s universal respect for the rule of law.—
Blake D. Morant,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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Xavier Edwards opened the bottom of the first with a double, and Kyle Stowers followed with a 421-foot home run to straightaway center, his first of the season.—
Noah Gulley,
Miami Herald,
2 Apr. 2025
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His hideout at the old Civic Arena, affectionately known as The Igloo, was a small room with a small crack in the steel-domed roof.—
Rob Rossi,
The Athletic,
22 Feb. 2025
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Pakistani forces raid militant hideouts PESHAWAR, Pakistan -- Pakistan's security forces raided two militant hideouts in the country's restive northwest on Saturday, triggering gunbattles that left at least two soldiers and nine militants dead, the military said in a statement.—
Compiled by Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports,
arkansasonline.com,
14 Mar. 2025
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Their nursery also includes two bookcases—from the Fillmore Collection—on each side of the crib.—
Anna Halkidis,
Parents,
3 Apr. 2025
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The book champions houseplants, is about loving our roots and was inspired by growing up on the North County nursery called Altman Plants.—
Linda Mcintosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 Apr. 2025
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More recently, Episode 4 ended with Muse lugging a man into a gruesome lair of sorts, to extract an unhealthy amount of blood from a femoral artery.—
Matt Webb Mitovich,
TVLine,
21 Mar. 2025
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The store straddles a mood between Californian cool and British rock-star lair, with eyewear displayed amid vintage books and charming trinkets, like a ceramic cigar-smoking Winston Churchill.—
Miles Socha,
WWD,
17 Mar. 2025
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It’s headed by Rabbi Avi Weiss and Rabba Sara Hurwitz, the founders of liberal Orthodox seminaries in New York City.—
Asaf Elia-Shalev,
Sun Sentinel,
10 Mar. 2025
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Born in Poland in 1920, Karol Józef Wojtyła attended clandestine seminaries and frequented groups of intellectuals who met in secret to discuss ways of undermining Communism from within.—
Yvonnick Denoël,
airmail.news,
1 Feb. 2025
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To deliberately collapse and compress a lobe of lung, and with it, its nidus of festering infection.—
Rebecca Kreston,
Discover Magazine,
24 Mar. 2017
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The indisputably desirable goal of supporting walking, biking and bus-riding around an Uptown nidus was severely wounded.—
Star Tribune,
Star Tribune,
30 Nov. 2020
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However, to attract an influx of capital to pay for all the improvements that Hartford urgently needs – in urban development, education, housing, and more – the city must first be able to keep, attract and retain talented, ambitious individuals.—
Nikos Mohammadi,
Hartford Courant,
6 Apr. 2025
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Helsinki The coastal capital of Finland seamlessly blends together modern architecture, sustainable living and historic landmarks, like the UNESCO World Heritage Site, Fortress Suomenlinna.—
Kathleen Wong,
USA Today,
6 Apr. 2025
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“Nest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nest. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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