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
This was the nerve centre for Operations Neptune and Overlord - the D-Day landings.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2022
The BBC has been allowed rare access to the military nerve centre where Western powers are co-ordinating efforts to supply weapons and ammunition to Ukraine.
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2022
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
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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