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
Nearby, signs and posters have been taken down, and the Hostages and Missing Families Forum has vacated the offices that served as its nerve centre.
From BBC • Dec. 21, 2025
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.
From BBC • Feb. 6, 2025
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
I accounted for it by reason of my condition in which every nerve centre was alive for two.
From A Cry in the Wilderness by Waller, Mary E. (Mary Ella)
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