nerve center
Example Sentences
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An evocatively realized setting such as Ms. Bigelow’s Washington nerve center can be ample reason to make a movie worth seeing, but three others that were overflowing with local atmosphere offered far more than that.
This month, the Indiana Chamber of Commerce, which is not in the habit of selling itself as a nerve center of wokeitude, tweeted out its “strong opposition” to a proposed anti-E.S.G. bill there.
From New York Times
The refrigeration unit is the nerve center for the operation.
From Washington Post
The gulf is the nerve center of the lobster fishing business, which has recorded heavy catches over the past 10 years.
From Seattle Times
Cairo — the real city, that is — has long been a nerve center of Arab comic art’s revival.
From Washington Post
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