epicenter
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has built his company into the epicenter of an artificial-intelligence universe that now revolves around its advanced chips.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 11, 2026
Some earthquakes are felt with greatest force far from their epicenter.
From Slate ● Nov. 5, 2026
In Panama City, about 200 kilometers from the epicenter, there were scenes of panic as people rushed to evacuate from skyscrapers.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
The co-brand cards that millions of consumers use have long been the epicenter of a love-hate relationship between large merchants and banks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
We were in the West Coast epicenter of the military as they shipped men and equipment across the Pacific to Vietnam.
From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge
College campuses have been epicenters for protest movements and free speech since the Vietnam War era.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026
The virus then forced my wife Elvira and I to live apart from each other for the next 18 months — I in New York City, she in Italy, the two worldwide epicenters.
From Salon ● Mar. 11, 2025
A pair of modest earthquakes rattled Southern California on Saturday morning, with epicenters in Ontario.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2024
It says it was established in 2019 in the Philippines, one of the epicenters of the plastic pollution crisis.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 16, 2023
Epidemiologists have since discovered that the northwestern shore of Lake Victoria was one of the initial epicenters of aids.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
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