as in nest
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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Recent Examples of nidus
To deliberately collapse and compress a lobe of lung, and with it, its nidus of festering infection.
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Rebecca Kreston, Discover Magazine, 24 Mar. 2017
The indisputably desirable goal of supporting walking, biking and bus-riding around an Uptown nidus was severely wounded.
—Star Tribune, 30 Nov. 2020
Rebecca Kreston, Discover Magazine, 24 Mar. 2017
The indisputably desirable goal of supporting walking, biking and bus-riding around an Uptown nidus was severely wounded.
—Star Tribune, 30 Nov. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nidus
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Most Unusual Feature: The rising crow’s nest that lifts above the yacht.Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 23 Dec. 2024
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Takahe are monogamous, forming long-term pair bonds, and raise a single chick per season, carefully guarding their nests hidden in dense vegetation.Scott Travers, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
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Virginia Highland Books is in the center of beautiful, historic Virginia-Highlands, located on the corner of Virginia and N. Highland Avenues.American Booksellers Association, USA TODAY, 22 Dec. 2024
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Most recipes recommend an oven temperature of 250 degrees for the first several hours of cooking or about 3 1/2 to 4 hours for a bone-in roast, or until the roast reaches 115-120 degrees in the center, depending on the size of the roast.Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 21 Dec. 2024
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Over 1,000 trees were grown at a nursery in Italy to be used throughout the six hectare landscape.Amy Rose Dobson, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
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Photo : Molly Culver One bedroom connects to a nursery.Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 19 Dec. 2024
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Meanwhile, the de facto administrative capital of Sejong in central South Korea is the youngest with just 11.57 percent being elderly.Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 25 Dec. 2024
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El Alto is the second largest city in Bolivia and is a short cable car ride away from La Paz, the country’s administrative capital.Mark LaSota, Forbes, 25 Dec. 2024
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Travis Scott & Playboi Carti In the 2010s, Atlanta became a hotbed for building hits out of words and phrases that could be melodically or percussively stretched into infinite shapes.Stephen Kearse, TIME, 9 Dec. 2024
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Their departure signals a new role for Polish… Federalism and Its Discontents Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, has recently become a hotbed for discussions of federalism.Annabelle Chapman, Foreign Affairs, 29 Oct. 2024
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“Nidus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nidus. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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