variants
or niduses
as in nests
a place or environment that favors the development of something
a type of contact lens that proved to be a nidus of infection
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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 -
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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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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In the days after a 15-year-old girl shot and killed another student and a teacher, and wounded six others before taking her own life, faith and community leaders across southern Wisconsin have joined hands and hearts with crowds of people who are heavy with grief, fear and uncertainty.—
Natalie Eilbert,
Journal Sentinel,
24 Dec. 2024
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The set comes with pre-cut vegetables and fruit that fasten together in the middle with Velcro, allowing kids to slice to their hearts' content.—
Chaunie Brusie, RN,
Parents,
23 Dec. 2024
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“Nidi.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nidi. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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