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as in center
a place or environment that favors the development of something
suspected that the elite private universities were a nest of antigovernment sentiments
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as in hideout
a place where a person goes to hide or to avoid others
headed back to her cozy nest in the mountains for a little rest and relaxation
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Recent Examples of nest
Their young eagles, Sunny and Gizmo, have since learned how to fly and have left the nest overlooking Big Bear Lake, according to the Friends of Big Bear Valley.
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Helena Wegner, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2025
The entire nest changes, the child changes and the parents/guardians change.
—Tembi Locke, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
The Indian bucks would climb upon the rats’ huge nests — piles of sticks and rubbish as much as 10 feet high — and jab with long poles till the rats ran out.
—Robert Easton, Outdoor Life, 3 Sep. 2025
Before the reintroduction project, the last successful bald eagle nest in Indiana was seen in 1897.
—Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 3 Sep. 2025
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Helena Wegner, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2025
The entire nest changes, the child changes and the parents/guardians change.
—Tembi Locke, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
The Indian bucks would climb upon the rats’ huge nests — piles of sticks and rubbish as much as 10 feet high — and jab with long poles till the rats ran out.
—Robert Easton, Outdoor Life, 3 Sep. 2025
Before the reintroduction project, the last successful bald eagle nest in Indiana was seen in 1897.
—Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 3 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nest
Noun
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But the center’s allegations are of another type.—
Sean Durns,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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According to Pliops, deploying Pliops XDP LightningAI in data centers offers significant cost savings.—
Thomas Coughlin,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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During the 1880s, the brothers lived here and made their livelihood rustling cattle and horses, while at the same time disposing of unsuspecting ranchers who wandered too close to their hideout.—
Patti Nickell,
Boston Herald,
31 Aug. 2025
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If this were true, Solomon would learn all of this elder’s secret hideouts and survival tricks, resulting in a formidable pair for any hunter to take on.—
Jim Tschetter,
Outdoor Life,
27 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Setting up a Calm and Cozy Nursery While LeCroy hasn’t been shy about showing off baby Teddi on Instagram, one thing that has been kept under wraps is Teddi’s nursery.—
Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal,
Parents,
10 Sep. 2025
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The nursery has cleared water-thirsty plants and planted 100,000 indigenous trees since 2012.—
Heather Richardson,
Travel + Leisure,
6 Sep. 2025
Noun
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While plundering a dungeon lair and stealing artifacts from a museum both have heist elements to them, Skullduggery looks into the other intrigues of adventures in urban environments.—
Rob Wieland,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Another secret drinking lair within the Cosmopolitan, Ghost Donkey offers delicious drinks, pulsating Christmas lights and mirrors that give off infinity room vibes.—
Tim McGovern,
PEOPLE,
11 Sep. 2025
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Some of these were hatched at the English College, a seminary in the French city of Rheims.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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The seminary’s enduring mission, like that of all great institutions of learning, is to cultivate the intellectual and ethical capacities of leaders prepared to confront the complexities of history.—
Brad Braxton,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The indisputably desirable goal of supporting walking, biking and bus-riding around an Uptown nidus was severely wounded.—
Star Tribune,
Star Tribune,
30 Nov. 2020
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To deliberately collapse and compress a lobe of lung, and with it, its nidus of festering infection.—
Rebecca Kreston,
Discover Magazine,
24 Mar. 2017
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The capital costs of capture equipment, plus the energy demands for capture and conversion processes, create a tough business case without subsidies or premium product markets.—
Peter Bendor-Samuel,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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Michael Weser faces two counts of capital murder and charges of abuse of a corpse and arson in the killings of Denise Rhodes and Robyn DeSort, whose remains authorities found Sunday on land close to Weser's home, the release states.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Nest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nest. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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