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as in centers
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 hideouts
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 nests
Some plant seeds provide material for nests, too.
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Lauren David, Southern Living, 20 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
Five years later—and after four nests were successfully destroyed—officials have declared a rare victory against the murder hornets for having exterminated them from United States soil.
—Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Dec. 2024
Hornets caught in traps help scientists find the location of nests.
—Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2024
To do so, first entomologists had to find the hornets' nests.
—Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2024
Last June, his group surveyed nine shorebird nests the day before a Starship launch.
—Rick Jervis, USA TODAY, 18 Dec. 2024
Discover how to make a native bee nests and how to garden for honey bees.
—Joe Rassel, Orlando Sentinel, 18 Dec. 2024
The vintage floral design adds charm, and each piece nests into the baking sheet for easy storage.
—Shea Simmons, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024
Lauren David, Southern Living, 20 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
Five years later—and after four nests were successfully destroyed—officials have declared a rare victory against the murder hornets for having exterminated them from United States soil.
—Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Dec. 2024
Hornets caught in traps help scientists find the location of nests.
—Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2024
To do so, first entomologists had to find the hornets' nests.
—Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2024
Last June, his group surveyed nine shorebird nests the day before a Starship launch.
—Rick Jervis, USA TODAY, 18 Dec. 2024
Discover how to make a native bee nests and how to garden for honey bees.
—Joe Rassel, Orlando Sentinel, 18 Dec. 2024
The vintage floral design adds charm, and each piece nests into the baking sheet for easy storage.
—Shea Simmons, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nests
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Avichay Adraee, the IDF’s Arabic spokesperson, said the IDF found huge sums of money, food and water in Sinwar’s hideouts.—
Ivana Kottasová,
CNN,
20 Oct. 2024
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In many instances, swamps are the best of these hideouts.—
Josh Honeycutt,
Outdoor Life,
9 Oct. 2024
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The mission will search the universe for signs of water and organic molecules – the ingredients of life – at disks around stars where new planets could be forming and in stellar nurseries.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA TODAY,
29 Dec. 2024
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Now, those nurseries are threatened by increasingly stronger storms.—
Luena Rodriguez-Feo Vileira,
Orlando Sentinel,
26 Dec. 2024
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As user bases expand and capital flows into the space, asset prices will follow suit, pushing the overall market capitalization to unprecedented heights.—
Leeor Shimron,
Forbes,
23 Dec. 2024
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Russia is talking to those in charge about keeping its military bases in Syria.—
Josh Holder,
New York Times,
23 Dec. 2024
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“Nests.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nests. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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