nerve center
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
The council’s tech and national security directorate, which had been the nerve center for coordinating administration actions on tech and China, was dismantled.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
She has joined dozens of other volunteers at the Dios Habla Hoy church, which has become a nerve center for locals opposing immigration raids.
From Barron's • Jan. 30, 2026
As the creative nerve center of the site, the studio is where the Eameses spent the bulk of their time working on various projects.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 21, 2025
The core section on this comes from Russell Vought, now the Trump-appointed director of the Office of Management and Budget, essentially the central nerve center of the federal government.
From Slate • Feb. 24, 2025
From the forests and fisheries and farmlands of an Arcadian state dawned a powerful military capital, a nerve center that had welcomed residents by the hundreds of thousands since the start of the conflict.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
