as in nest
a place or environment that favors the development of something
a type of contact lens that proved to be a nidus of infection
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Recent Examples of nidus
The indisputably desirable goal of supporting walking, biking and bus-riding around an Uptown nidus was severely wounded.
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Star Tribune,
30 Nov. 2020
To deliberately collapse and compress a lobe of lung, and with it, its nidus of festering infection.
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Rebecca Kreston,
Discover Magazine,
24 Mar. 2017
Star Tribune,
30 Nov. 2020
To deliberately collapse and compress a lobe of lung, and with it, its nidus of festering infection.
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Rebecca Kreston,
Discover Magazine,
24 Mar. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nidus
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Luna began the day hopping around, perching on the various trees near the nest.
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Like many nations, China is facing a generational challenge in the form of 118 million empty-nest senior citizens who might not mind someone’s company—even if that someone periodically receives over-the-air updates.
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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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Many gardeners buy praying mantis egg cases (oothecae) from garden nurseries, but this practice is discouraged for two reasons.
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Find dark skies and point your telescope toward the Milky Way to view the Lagoon Nebula – a star-forming region in the constellation Sagittarius, like a stellar nursery.
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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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India leads the way population-wise, but other South Asian countries, as well as Great Britain and Commonwealth countries like Australia and New Zealand, are also cricket hotbeds.
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The Abbott show was at Tulsa’s Cain’s Ballroom in June 2025, contributing to a growing buzz around Keyland’s music in the city, especially at the Mercury Lounge, a hotbed of Red Dirt in Tulsa where the band has become a regular.
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“Nidus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nidus. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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