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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
In the decade that the webcam has been focused on the nest, Jackie has had five chicks.
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Francine Kiefer, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Mar. 2025
Place materials out in the spring when birds begin building their nests, says Grant.
—Anne Readel, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Mar. 2025
Amid the frigid weather, Jackie sat on the nest for nearly 62 hours straight.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Feb. 2025
Jackie is often seen doing yoga stretches, egg rolls and nest softening amid incubation periods, while Shadow can be seen bringing home fish and sticks.
—Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2025
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Francine Kiefer, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Mar. 2025
Place materials out in the spring when birds begin building their nests, says Grant.
—Anne Readel, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Mar. 2025
Amid the frigid weather, Jackie sat on the nest for nearly 62 hours straight.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Feb. 2025
Jackie is often seen doing yoga stretches, egg rolls and nest softening amid incubation periods, while Shadow can be seen bringing home fish and sticks.
—Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nest
Noun
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Hasler likens it to an orchestra of clocks, with the conductor directing from the hypothalamus, a small region within the center of the brain.—
Sarah Boden,
NPR,
9 Mar. 2025
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Water villas take center stage here, along with luxurious spa treatments offered in private nests, and divers can enjoy one of PADI’s newest eco centers.—
Kaila Yu,
Forbes,
9 Mar. 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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Many homes of Alawites were looted and then set on fire in different areas, two residents of Syria's coastal region told the AP from their hideouts.—
Faisal Kutty,
Newsweek,
12 Mar. 2025
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The expecting parents decided to find out their baby's gender while preparing the nursery.—
DeVonne Goode,
Parents,
5 Mar. 2025
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In case you were majorly inspired by the nursery in Joseph Altuzarra’s Hamptons home, get the look with the designer dad’s West Elm collab.—
Audrey Lee,
Architectural Digest,
4 Mar. 2025
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Photo: Columbia County & Northern Dutchess MLS The perfect house for a villain looking for a new lair and is both concerned enough about the environment to want to go electric but not concerned enough to scale down.—
Clio Chang,
Curbed,
20 Feb. 2025
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According to the authors, the spiders appeared to have left their webs or lairs and migrated to die when exposed to the fungus.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
30 Jan. 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
Noun
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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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The Finnish goalie was on the other side of the Ullmark trade that brought the latter to Canada’s capital.—
Julian McKenzie,
The Athletic,
14 Mar. 2025
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After the acquittal, rare in capital murder cases in Tarrant County, Delancy, who is 34, was to be released from jail on Wednesday evening.—
Emerson Clarridge,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
13 Mar. 2025
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“Nest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nest. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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