as in center
a thing or place that is of greatest importance to an activity or interest
a city that likes to regard itself as the nation's navel of art and culture
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Recent Examples of navel
Earlier that week, the lithe 28-year-old walked the film festival’s storied red carpet wearing a custom Vivienne Westwood tuxedo and, of course, a shirt unbuttoned almost to the navel.
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Leah Dolan,
CNN Money,
15 May 2026
To those in the know, the pregnancy statues themselves also telegraph self-love, even if the result is (quite literally) navel-gazey.
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Elizabeth Kiefer,
Architectural Digest,
8 May 2026
The growing seasons for navel, Cara Cara, Valencia, and blood oranges mostly all overlap from March through early May.
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Sarah Bradley,
Health,
27 Apr. 2026
Hundreds of eyes go wide, taking in the warm sweep of my navel, my hips.
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Danielle Parker,
CBS News,
8 Mar. 2026
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Leah Dolan,
CNN Money,
15 May 2026
To those in the know, the pregnancy statues themselves also telegraph self-love, even if the result is (quite literally) navel-gazey.
—
Elizabeth Kiefer,
Architectural Digest,
8 May 2026
The growing seasons for navel, Cara Cara, Valencia, and blood oranges mostly all overlap from March through early May.
—
Sarah Bradley,
Health,
27 Apr. 2026
Hundreds of eyes go wide, taking in the warm sweep of my navel, my hips.
—
Danielle Parker,
CBS News,
8 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for navel
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Neto bobbled the ball for an error, though, and Contreras crushed Johnson’s next pitch for his 20th homer, a 446-foot shot to left-center that left his bat at 112 mph and gave Boston a 5-3 lead.
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The incident happened less than a week after another child was found dead inside a car at a Plantation early learning center last Monday.
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The action required is not cultural goodwill but actual capital, flowing from institutions, from investors, and from women with wealth toward the work of building these tables.
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Downtown Sacramento was awash in Dodger blue as thousands of fans poured into the capital city for a three-game series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the A’s that concludes Wednesday.
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Shenzhen already has a reputation as one of China's major technology hubs.
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Deep Light is, of course, not the only hub for cinematographers and aspiring cinematographers online.
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As one of the darkest spots in the lower 48, Grand Staircase-Escalante is also a mecca for stargazers, with much of its acreage ranked as Bortle Class 1—meaning that on clear nights the Milky Way is bright enough to cast noticeable shadows and even appears to have three dimensions.
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Catawba County, along with other parts of North Carolina, have become a mecca for data center construction as demand for AI tools has increased.
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Their coupling instantly captured the attention and hearts of fans around the world, and Swift’s presence at Chiefs games was even credited with bolstering female interest in NFL football.
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His update on the C-cut began just below the chin, with extra lift at the roots and inward-curving lengths that narrowed toward the ends to create the illusion of a heart.
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More Freedom 250 controversy Freedom 250 has been the focus of other controversy over funding transparency and religious representations.
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In Appalachia, a regional style of song emerged that transformed the narrative focus of British ballads into shorter lyric folk songs suitable for presentation on commercial recordings.
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Then there’s heated handlebars and seats, floorboards, highway pegs, brake and gear-lever pads, heel-shifter, and the King Tour-Pak, like the Street Glide Limited above.
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As of July 2, some of the best resale seats for marquee knockout matches were listed for roughly $20,000 on StubHub.
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All that to say, a glass of rye whiskey, one of the oldest drinks in America and the original base of many of our earliest cocktails like Manhattans and Old Fashioneds, is an easy way to honor the scrappy American spirit.
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Constructed with a concrete base, steel framing, and ironwood siding, the home features a durable outer layer, built with fire resistance in mind.
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“Navel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/navel. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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