navels

noun

Definition of navelsnext
plural of navel
as in centers
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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  1. hubs
  2. hearts
  3. bases
  4. nuclei
Noun
  • Main music hubs will include Shoreditch Town Hall, Village Underground and 93 East.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 21 Oct. 2024
  • Haier's innovative retail models become service and social hubs for local users, serve as real-world laboratories for testing new concepts and gathering consumer insights.
    Mark Greeven, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
Definition of hubs
Noun
  • There’s lots of brightly colored prints, adorably plush slippers, and even character pouches in the capsule—but this neutral matching set featuring Miffy or Boris ears has really opened our hearts (and wallets).
    Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Since his debut, the legendary hypeman has continued penetrating people's hearts worldwide through multiple realms, including music, The Olympics, reality television, and snack foods.
    Kenneth J. Williams Jr., Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of hearts
Noun
  • The company continues to focus on its Banking-as-a-Service and Higher Education businesses, leveraging partner banks' existing customer bases for customer acquisition.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
  • Russia, along with other countries, have long been open about training the aquatic mammals to patrol waters near sensitive outposts and bases.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 13 Nov. 2024
Definition of bases
Noun
  • This caused openings to form in the nuclear membrane but not in the exterior cellular structure as witnessed by the appearance of the dye from the nuclei showing up in the cell's cytoplasm.
    Michael Franco, New Atlas, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Having a non-destructive way to open cellular nuclei can go a long way toward advancing gene therapy or sorting out ways to deliver drugs directly into the hearts of our cells.
    Michael Franco, New Atlas, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of nuclei
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