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nexus

[nek-suhs] / ˈnɛk səs /




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Those failures included not flagging transactions that possibly involved Chinese money laundering networks or trade-based laundering "with a substantial nexus to the southwest border", according to the Treasury.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

“I think my taste in general lives at the nexus of a highbrow, lowbrow intersection,” Meyer says.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

That’s when the U.S. will begin eating into its “working gas storage, which is the nexus of supply and demand in the country,” with higher electricity prices to follow into 2030.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026

Edith Roosevelt didn’t engage in public declarations but placed herself at the physical nexus of decision-making.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026

She was the nexus of my support team.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad

These regulations should apply broadly, especially to companies with key nexuses in the supply chain like the “hyperscalers” that dominate the cloud computing sector, water and energy infrastructure, and key cybersecurity services providers.

From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2025

Libraries are the nexuses of democratized access to culture, community expertise, diverse perspectives on history and the instruments that further that knowledge.

From Salon ● Mar. 30, 2025

But most of the remaining nexuses, you said, have dropped off.

From New York Times ● Dec. 1, 2022

His loved ones and others who were close to him, like disease-trackers and the bereaved worldwide, are left to ponder and agonize, plumbing memories, retracing steps, searching for nexuses.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 3, 2020

Grooming isn’t the only thing on the menu at these communal nexuses where problems, political and personal, are raised before a chorus of voices.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2018


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