locus

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Once growth hormone enters the system, it activates the locus coeruleus, a brainstem region that controls alertness, attention, and cognitive function.

From Science Daily • Mar. 30, 2026

The barber chair, the locus of Sweeney’s revenge on the heartless cruelty of a Victorian London that wrecked his life, isn’t the elaborate contraption of other productions.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2026

Minnesota was a pioneer in using federal Medicaid dollars to pay for other forms of social assistance such as housing, which is the locus of several fraud schemes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

One of the factories the companies built in Hemlock in the 1960s has become the locus of Corning’s solar and semiconductor business.

From Barron's • Nov. 7, 2025

For us, the island had become the locus of the struggle.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela