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nucleus

[noo-klee-uhs, nyoo-] / ˈnu kli əs, ˈnyu- /


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The roughly 40% of the Las Vegas Strip that MGM owns is “an entertainment nucleus that simply cannot be replicated anywhere in the world.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026

"The investigations are linked to the nucleus of power which has governed for the past eight years."

From BBC • May 30, 2026

The nucleus acts as the cell's control center.

From Science Daily • May 8, 2026

A 2025 Nature Communications study from researchers including Christman used spatial transcriptomics and single nucleus RNA sequencing to examine how injectable extracellular matrix biomaterials affect heart tissue after myocardial infarction.

From Science Daily • May 5, 2026

The kernel, Rutherford concluded, was the atomic nucleus.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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