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
Arinola Omolayo owns a frozen food store in Ogba, a suburb of Lagos, Nigeria's commercial nerve centre, where she sells mostly imported chicken, fish and turkey.
From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2023
This was the nerve centre for Operations Neptune and Overlord - the D-Day landings.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2022
Now this stately apartment was the nerve centre of a marvellous and close-knit structure that represented a real financial democracy.
From The War After the War by Marcosson, Isaac Frederick
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