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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
This welcoming short course named after a turtle’s nest features a family-friendly atmosphere and scenic holes representing parts of the island’s history.
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South Seas, Miami Herald, 15 May 2026
The ants can also be pests by creating bare patches around their nests.
—Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 15 May 2026
But a chattering bird builds no nest!
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 14 May 2026
Her red hair in the darkness resembled a beautiful bird’s nest lit on fire.
—Literary Hub, 14 May 2026
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South Seas, Miami Herald, 15 May 2026
The ants can also be pests by creating bare patches around their nests.
—Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 15 May 2026
But a chattering bird builds no nest!
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 14 May 2026
Her red hair in the darkness resembled a beautiful bird’s nest lit on fire.
—Literary Hub, 14 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nest
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But Patrick Mahomes, who tore his ACL last December, is ahead of schedule and will likely be under center when these two teams square off in early November.—
Antwan Staley,
New York Daily News,
15 May 2026
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The tension spilled into election issues, including accusations that Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco seized ballots in a voter‑fraud investigation, now at the center of a legal fight with the state attorney general.—
James Ward,
USA Today,
15 May 2026
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Morales marshaled the latest march from his hideout in Bolivia’s remote tropics.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
19 May 2026
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Homelander crashes their hideout, and Frenchie tells Kimiko and Sister Sage to hide.—
Jordan Moreau,
Variety,
13 May 2026
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Ava later joined a church nursery where the same leaders and children saw her every week.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
PEOPLE,
17 May 2026
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The House countered with $9 million for research and $5 million for the nursery and packing infrastructure.—
Jim Turner,
Miami Herald,
15 May 2026
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The set feels less like a ’90s living room than a cozy villain’s lair, warm but volatile (and easily set ablaze).—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
1 May 2026
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Dane Lafrey’s magnificent, multi-level design makes maximum use of the Palace’s cavernous stage to create a lair to die for.—
Frank Rizzo,
Variety,
27 Apr. 2026
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Zaragoza had dropped out of seminary to join the army but was refused admission.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
4 May 2026
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Yeshivat Maharat, the first Orthodox seminary to ordain women as rabbis, is in New York.—
Michal Raucher,
The Conversation,
30 Apr. 2026
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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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At the same time, Anthropic argued that the US still holds several major advantages, including stronger chip ecosystems, leading AI companies, and broader access to capital for large-scale AI infrastructure.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
14 May 2026
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Legislation in Louisiana seeks to address the Supreme Court ruling by scrapping a district that snakes over 200 miles (321 kilometers) northwest from the capital, Baton Rouge, to Shreveport, creating a voting bloc with a majority of Black residents.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
14 May 2026
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“Nest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nest. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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