locus

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Once growth hormone enters the system, it activates the locus coeruleus, a brainstem region that controls alertness, attention, and cognitive function.

From Science Daily • Mar. 30, 2026

It also happens to be the locus of the dictatorship’s power.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 17, 2026

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

Over the past five years, Fiji – a tiny South Pacific nation with a population of less than a million – has become the locus of one of the world's fastest growing HIV epidemics.

From BBC • Oct. 4, 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