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as in center
a thing or place that is of greatest importance to an activity or interest
in addition to being the suburb's social axis, the country club is the place where deals are made and partnerships are forged
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as in confederacy
an association of persons, parties, or states for mutual assistance and protection
an axis of previously nonaligned nations
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Recent Examples of axis
The findings point to a physiological link between the start of the week and the body's stress response system, specifically the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis.
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Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 July 2025
Glaciers melting as a result of climate change can also shift water masses around the planet, altering Earth's axis, though this is usually expected to slow the planet's rotation rather than speed it up.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 July 2025
This nodal axis asks: How can success be redefined to include personal fulfillment and emotional security?
—Bryan West, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
Trump lit a fire under NATO, but more needs to be done to contain the Russia-China axis.
—FOXNews.com, 2 July 2025
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Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 July 2025
Glaciers melting as a result of climate change can also shift water masses around the planet, altering Earth's axis, though this is usually expected to slow the planet's rotation rather than speed it up.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 July 2025
This nodal axis asks: How can success be redefined to include personal fulfillment and emotional security?
—Bryan West, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
Trump lit a fire under NATO, but more needs to be done to contain the Russia-China axis.
—FOXNews.com, 2 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for axis
Noun
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The account, originally meant to help fund both of their college expenses, has now become the center of a family disagreement.—
Ashley Vega,
People.com,
31 July 2025
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Some had been in the center for weeks, others for months.—
Brent McDonald,
New York Times,
31 July 2025
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Americans are divided on that topic, with 55% saying historical figures that supported the confederacy and racial segregation should not be memorialized in a June 2024 survey by the Public Religion Research Institute.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
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Men were the representatives of their clans and nations in the Haudenosaunee council, which made decisions for the confederacy as a whole.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
21 Nov. 2024
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For many years, Puerto Rico served as a hub of pharmaceutical manufacturing for the United States.—
Thomas J. Bollyky,
Foreign Affairs,
22 July 2025
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And true to that mission, the stall has become a community hub, a place for conversation and for people to reconnect with books and literature.—
James Folta,
Literary Hub,
22 July 2025
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Clarify Strategic Objectives As the CEO of a commercial landscape alliance, we are rooted in a growing industry.—
Brian Helgoe,
Forbes.com,
21 July 2025
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Yet neither of these organizations constitute a military alliance, nor does the 2021 China-Iran comprehensive strategic partnership treaty or a similar deal signed with Russia in January contain a mutual defense clause.—
Tom O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 July 2025
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In 1943: Allied forces, led by U.S. Gen. George S. Patton, successfully captured Palermo, the regional capital of Sicily and a strategic nexus for the Allied invasion of mainland Italy during World War II.—
Lorenzino Estrada,
AZCentral.com,
23 July 2025
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One is a mysterious young woman with some mean kung fu skills who has just arrived from China in the Italian capital in search of her missing sister; the other is the son of an indebted local restaurant owner who has disappeared with his lover.—
Nick Vivarelli,
Variety,
23 July 2025
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The annual festival was started in 2017 by the Red River Cultural District, a nonprofit coalition of Austin businesses and community organizations clustered around the live music corridor on Red River Street.—
Mars Salazar,
Austin American Statesman,
25 July 2025
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In 2012, Meloni and a hardcore group of former Seagulls bolted from Berlusconi’s coalition.—
Massimo Calabresi,
Time,
24 July 2025
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For the past few years, Lilly has made news by driving large-scale investments in the LEAP Innovation District, billed as a future manufacturing and tech mecca in Lebanon, Indiana.—
Alysa Guffey,
IndyStar,
2 July 2025
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As Almeyda makes her journey towards this elusive mecca, both the idea of Palmares and Almeyda’s journey toward it feel like hallucinatory visions: Vibrantly conjured, indeed mythic in intention and impact.—
Irenosen Okojie
July 11,
Literary Hub,
11 July 2025
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The union representing New York City subway and bus workers says a firm contracted to handle workers’ compensation for the MTA has been late to issue payments to thousands of the union’s members.—
Evan Simko-Bednarski,
New York Daily News,
30 July 2025
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The other 25% will be funneled into a fund controlled by both SAG-AFTRA and AMPTP trustees to be distributed among the rest of the union’s members.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
30 July 2025
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“Axis.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/axis. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.
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