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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
Add to that an empty nest—a daughter in college and a son at boarding school—which made the timing ideal.
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Stacie Stukin, Architectural Digest, 30 Dec. 2024
Their nest, which is perched 145 feet above the ground in a Jeffrey pine tree, is the highest bald eagle nest observed by a webcam in the country, Steers said.
—Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 28 Dec. 2024
The comic wrench in the crow’s nest comes in the form a sweet, little girl (Goldsberry) who has stowed away on the ship.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 22 Dec. 2024
For live individuals that were captured, entomologists tied tiny trackers onto their bellies using dental floss to suss out the location of their nests.
—Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Dec. 2024
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Stacie Stukin, Architectural Digest, 30 Dec. 2024
Their nest, which is perched 145 feet above the ground in a Jeffrey pine tree, is the highest bald eagle nest observed by a webcam in the country, Steers said.
—Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 28 Dec. 2024
The comic wrench in the crow’s nest comes in the form a sweet, little girl (Goldsberry) who has stowed away on the ship.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 22 Dec. 2024
For live individuals that were captured, entomologists tied tiny trackers onto their bellies using dental floss to suss out the location of their nests.
—Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nest
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After largely living up to their lofty preseason expectations during Porziņģis’s early-season absence, the Celtics have run into bumps while trying to reincorporate the center.Jay King, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
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Family command centers are designed to streamline schedules and stuff, such as backpacks, keys, and memos.Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Jan. 2025
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While Portugal seems like a quiet oasis on the edge of the Atlantic, its glamorous casinos, hotels, and secret hideouts become the stage for a network of daring women spies, exchanging vital information that could turn the tide of the conflict.Marta Balaga, Variety, 17 Jan. 2025
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The action hops from the streets of London to a monastery outside Ankara to Kraven’s Siberian taiga hideout, where Calypso puts her summer camp archery skills to good use with a crossbow.David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Dec. 2024
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Jennifer taught in the children’s ministry and assisted in the nursery, while Jeff served on the board of trustees.Andrea May Sahouri, Detroit Free Press, 3 Jan. 2025
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Your home office must be transformed into a nursery for a baby due next month.Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 31 Dec. 2024
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But before Guillermo leaves for good, Nandor offers him a seat in his coffin, which unexpectedly is revealed to be the secret entrance to the underground crime-fighting lair much to the former familiar's delight and surprise.Stacy Lambe, People.com, 17 Dec. 2024
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By October 1, the front yards around our home are fully transformed into graveyards, haunted houses, a witch's lair, or zombie central.Mia Taylor, Parents, 11 Oct. 2024
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More International News Image In a deal with Islamist parties, Pakistan is abandoning a requirement that religious seminaries — which Western officials see as a threat — register with the government.Ian Prasad Philbrick, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
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Southwestern trustees fired former president Paige Patterson in 2018 amid reports that Patterson downplayed reports of rape and sought to intimidate an abuse victim during his tenure at Southwestern and another SBC seminary.Liam Adams, The Tennessean, 21 Oct. 2024
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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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As for the private capital lending, long-term equity and financing services provided by his new patron, Thompson acknowledges that his knowledge remains limited.Matt Craig, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
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The only portion of the elementary school not to burn was the brand-new preschool that had just been built thanks, in part, to a $8.5-million capital campaign.Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2025
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“Nest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nest. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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