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control center

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noun

  1. an administrative or operational center for a group of related activities.

    the control center for the new military offensive.

Example Sentences

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Progerin harms cells by destabilizing their nucleus, the "control center" that manages cell activity.

From Science Daily • Nov. 3, 2025

“It’s really just to help create the joint control center and integrate the other security forces going in.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 11, 2025

Smith sent another team member racing toward the snowmaking control center to activate the giant water system.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 20, 2024

Thanks to the tweak, a specific group of neurons in the hypothalamus, a physiological control center deep in the brain, remained active as the animals got older.

From Science Magazine • May 22, 2024

Before anyone could ask a follow-up, Venkat strode out the side door and hurried down the hall to the makeshift Pathfinder control center.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

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