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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
The Woodland Trust, a UK charity, explains that squirrels usually position their nests at least six meters from the ground, close to the tree trunk, or in forks of branches.
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Apr. 2025
The Vatican remains a nest of intrigue, despite all his untying of knots.
—Howard Chua-Eoan, Mercury News, 22 Apr. 2025
Paper Wasp nests resemble the shape of an upside-down umbrella.
—Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Apr. 2025
Sea turtles, for example, haul themselves out onto beaches during breeding season to dig nests and plop dozens of eggs into the sandy divots before returning to the waves.
—Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Apr. 2025
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Apr. 2025
The Vatican remains a nest of intrigue, despite all his untying of knots.
—Howard Chua-Eoan, Mercury News, 22 Apr. 2025
Paper Wasp nests resemble the shape of an upside-down umbrella.
—Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Apr. 2025
Sea turtles, for example, haul themselves out onto beaches during breeding season to dig nests and plop dozens of eggs into the sandy divots before returning to the waves.
—Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nest
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Colorado went just 13-12 over two seasons with Sanders under center, and failed to win a bowl game or compete for a conference title.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Apr. 2025
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The 2025 season maybe a redshirt season in the pros for him, but there is intriguing upside as a long-term option at center.—
Joseph Person,
New York Times,
26 Apr. 2025
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Luckily, Matt has enough strength to escape to the Punisher’s (Jon Bernthal) hideout, but Wilson Fisk’s police are on their way.—
Jordan Moreau,
Variety,
16 Apr. 2025
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Kim Il Sung, North Korea’s founder and Kim Jong Un’s grandfather, purportedly used the mountain as a hideout when fighting against the Japanese occupation for independence in the 1940s.—
Will Ripley,
CNN Money,
15 Apr. 2025
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Throughout the uneven gravel, dirt, and often muddy terrain of the nursery, workers carrying plants and pushing carts of compost and potting soil were all donning the same pair.—
Stephanie Osmanski,
Better Homes & Gardens,
23 Apr. 2025
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The years-long drive to give Florida’s nursery and farm workers landmark health protections from increasingly scorching summer heat appears to have reached a dead end.—
Ashley Miznazi,
Miami Herald,
20 Apr. 2025
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Two days later, the mountain lion heads toward the log for a mid-afternoon nap but pauses to investigate the various scents around its lair.—
Brooke Baitinger,
Idaho Statesman,
9 Apr. 2025
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Martini stories operate in a glamorous world where bad guys live in lairs, femmes fatales wait at every backgammon table, and our hero drives fast cars and seldom takes off a tuxedo.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
19 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
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 company also raised guidance on its capital expenditures for the year, expecting to spend between $64 billion to $72 billion.—
James Powel,
USA Today,
1 May 2025
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Representing a milestone in South American TV and politics, the screening of Lara: The Man Who Tried To Save Colombia in the capital Bogotá is a commemoration of the 41st anniversary of Lara’s assassination.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
30 Apr. 2025
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“Nest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nest. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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