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
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.
From BBC • Oct. 3, 2025
This was the nerve centre for Operations Neptune and Overlord - the D-Day landings.
From BBC • Nov. 10, 2022
Johnson has admitted that problems needed to be fixed at the heart of Downing Street, which serves as both his home and the nerve centre of the British state.
From Reuters • Feb. 5, 2022
The recognition of it lamed Robert Stonehouse, knocked the power out of him, as though someone had struck and paralysed a vital nerve centre.
From The Dark House by Wylie, I. A. R. (Ida Alexa Ross)
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