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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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
China is only just shaking off a heavy blow from a two-month lockdown of Shanghai, its most populous city and commercial nerve centre, that also roiled global supply chains.
From Reuters • Jun. 13, 2022
In his imagination the young Kentuckian saw the dome of the capitol at Washington, the nerve centre of the nation, where functioned the broad affairs of statecraft.
From The Tempering by Buck, Charles Neville
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