nerve centre
Britishnoun
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a group of nerve cells associated with a specific function
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a principal source of control over any complex activity
Wall Street is the financial nerve centre of America
Example Sentences
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Addressing staff, he said it would be the "nerve centre for a rewired Britain" and not a "short-lived gimmick".
From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026
It is the organisation's second headquarters after Lyon in France, and houses the Cyber Fusion Centre, a nerve centre for sharing intelligence of online threats among 196 members.
From Barron's ● Feb. 15, 2026
It’s the nerve centre for all the company’s Pilbara iron ore operations, which span 17 mines in total, including the three making up Greater Nammuldi.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2024
If there was a nerve centre there - and there has been speculation about that possibility since 2014 - then the Israelis have not yet revealed definitive evidence of its existence to the outside world.
From BBC ● Nov. 17, 2023
Though not imposing, I understand it is the nerve centre of some 1,500 miles of The Southern Maharatta Railway.
From From Edinburgh to India & Burmah by Burn Murdoch, W. G. (William Gordon)
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