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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

Once inside, the second component activates PPARs, which act as "switches" in the cell nucleus that control genes involved in fat and sugar metabolism.

From Science Daily • May 7, 2026

"For years, we've used these equations to study how chromatin, which is the folded state of DNA inside the nucleus, organizes itself inside living cells," says Shenoy.

From Science Daily • May 6, 2026

It not only kept electrons from spiraling catastrophically into the nucleus; it also explained hydrogen’s bewildering wavelengths.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson




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