nerve centre

British  

noun

1. a group of nerve cells associated with a specific function

2. a principal source of control over any complex activity

   Wall Street is the financial nerve centre of America

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Example Sentences

In 1996, she was promoted to the post of locomotive pilot - the main operator of the train's control room, or the "nerve centre" of the train.

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We're the first international journalists to be allowed inside the US Space Force's missile warning and tracking operations room at Buckley Space Force base, a nerve centre where Guardians are on alert 24/7.

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He was at the nerve centre of negotiating an end to the racist system of apartheid in the early 1990s, and in keeping South Africa together when many had prophesised its fatal fracture.

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With branches of IS operating across the continent, from Mozambique to Mali, from the Democratic Republic of Congo to Nigeria, IS-Somalia serves as a crucial nerve centre.

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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.

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