nerve center
Example Sentences
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An evocatively realized setting such as Ms. Bigelow’s Washington nerve center can be ample reason to make a movie worth seeing, but three others that were overflowing with local atmosphere offered far more than that.
This month, the Indiana Chamber of Commerce, which is not in the habit of selling itself as a nerve center of wokeitude, tweeted out its “strong opposition” to a proposed anti-E.S.G. bill there.
From New York Times
They see Jews as being the nerve center of the cabal that is bringing in Black folks to replace White Americans.
From Washington Post
A special GRU unit known as 54777, the nerve center of Russia’s psychological warfare capability, created the site, said one of the officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the matter’s sensitivity.
From Washington Post
To mention two such signs: First, the 2020 audit of Metrorail’s nerve center, the Rail Operations Control Center, which discovered a “toxic workplace” where managers told workers to ignore operating procedures.
From Washington Post
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