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.

From The Wall Street Journal

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

While the action was unfolding on Capitol Hill, the White House became a critical nerve center.

From Washington Post

The staff secretary job manages the paper flow, circulates documents among senior staff for comment as part of the decision-making process and is often known as the “nerve center” of the White House.

From Reuters

They were also explicit in their defense of the decision to shutter Bagram airfield, which for many years served as the U.S. military’s nerve center north of the capital.

From Seattle Times