locus
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Tucked away in a quiet industrial park, the nondescript building had become the locus of ongoing protests since Bovino and his forces had arrived in Illinois.
From Salon • Apr. 15, 2026
As sleep continues, growth hormone gradually builds up and stimulates the locus coeruleus, nudging the brain toward waking.
From Science Daily • Mar. 30, 2026
The theater’s importance as a locus of intelligent inquiry and intellectual ferment—not momentous, alas—owes a great debt to his influence.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 30, 2025
One of the factories the companies built in Hemlock in the 1960s has become the locus of Corning’s solar and semiconductor business.
From Barron's • Nov. 7, 2025
I wandered more north than west, justifying my course by a curiosity to see the Sinoth Valley region, the locus of the rivalry between Karhide and Orgoreyn.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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