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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

Normally, the protein works inside a cell's nucleus, switching genes on to drive cell growth and metabolism.

From Science Daily • May 17, 2026

The research team, led by Dominique Langin, discovered that HSL was located in an unexpected place inside adipocytes: the nucleus.

From Science Daily • May 8, 2026

There would be few recognizable pieces of the comet left—perhaps only a smattering of small grains from the non-icy parts of the cometary nucleus.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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