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as in centers
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 hideouts
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 nests
Knight explains that, over the last 20 years, the beach has typically seen 80 to 115 nests (with 100 to 120 eggs in each nest).
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Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 23 Apr. 2026
Provide Nesting Materials Create a habitat in your front, side, or backyard where birds can build nests and find materials to make one.
—Lauren David, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Apr. 2026
Hens must be provided with scratch areas, perches, nests, and litter.
—Mark Gurarie, Verywell Health, 23 Apr. 2026
In a Facebook post, the center explained why intervention was necessary despite the usual hands-off approach with wild nests.
—Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 22 Apr. 2026
Through this, researchers are mimicking natural structures, such as bird nests and bone minerals, to create ultra-strong manufactured materials.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 20 Apr. 2026
When debris like leaves or bird nests blocks drainage, water can back up into your fascia, soffit or even your foundation.
—Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Miami Herald, 16 Apr. 2026
Clean and secure outdoor vents and exhaust covers Dryer vents, HVAC exhausts and attic vents should be free of debris and not blocked by plants or nests.
—Charlotte Observer, 16 Apr. 2026
But even the entry-level Superior Rooms offer good-sized nests for a Florentine sojourn, and there is no such thing as a small bathroom in this establishment (or one, come to that, without enough marble to carve a David).
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Apr. 2026
Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 23 Apr. 2026
Provide Nesting Materials Create a habitat in your front, side, or backyard where birds can build nests and find materials to make one.
—Lauren David, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Apr. 2026
Hens must be provided with scratch areas, perches, nests, and litter.
—Mark Gurarie, Verywell Health, 23 Apr. 2026
In a Facebook post, the center explained why intervention was necessary despite the usual hands-off approach with wild nests.
—Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 22 Apr. 2026
Through this, researchers are mimicking natural structures, such as bird nests and bone minerals, to create ultra-strong manufactured materials.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 20 Apr. 2026
When debris like leaves or bird nests blocks drainage, water can back up into your fascia, soffit or even your foundation.
—Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Miami Herald, 16 Apr. 2026
Clean and secure outdoor vents and exhaust covers Dryer vents, HVAC exhausts and attic vents should be free of debris and not blocked by plants or nests.
—Charlotte Observer, 16 Apr. 2026
But even the entry-level Superior Rooms offer good-sized nests for a Florentine sojourn, and there is no such thing as a small bathroom in this establishment (or one, come to that, without enough marble to carve a David).
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nests
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Arguably the two top centers in Iowa’s Logan Jones and Florida’s Jake Slaughter went off the board within the final eight picks of the second round.—
Jeff Zrebiec,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2026
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Hyundai will supply its HiMSEN engines Data centers are the backbone of modern digital services, from cloud computing to artificial intelligence applications.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Apr. 2026
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Funky little guesthouses, coastal hideouts, and boutique retreats in the Greek capital.—
Matt Ortile,
Condé Nast Traveler,
24 Apr. 2026
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The octopuses can safely stand still during their hour-long mating process because, Villar speculates, both male and female can be hidden in their respective rocky hideouts.—
Jacek Krywko,
ArsTechnica,
2 Apr. 2026
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Some even suggested galaxies could still be chock-full of gas but somehow not forming stars, which would be a real head-scratcher for anyone trying to understand stellar nurseries.—
Paul Sutter,
Space.com,
25 Apr. 2026
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At many nurseries, this is a great time to find cost-effective bare-root plants as well as fruit trees and roses.—
Erica Browne Grivas,
Better Homes & Gardens,
25 Apr. 2026
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These involve raiding the lairs of hoodlum rivals, then singlehandedly dissuading them from competition.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
28 Oct. 2025
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Sonja Shaw Shaw is the Chino Valley Unified School District board president and a Republican activist who emerged as a major player in the COVID-era parental rights movement as conservative families grew concerned that public schools were becoming hotbeds of leftist indoctrination.—
Lia Russell,
Sacbee.com,
22 Apr. 2026
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Twenty-six of the schools who’ve produced more than Carroll are located in the California or Florida hotbeds.—
Shawn McFarland,
Dallas Morning News,
20 Mar. 2026
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Orthodox schools, a figure that does not include haredi Orthodox teenagers studying in yeshivot and seminaries not included in government data.—
Grace Gilson,
Sun Sentinel,
20 Apr. 2026
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Taylor grew up evangelical and got a master’s from Fuller Theological Seminary, at the time one of the country’s most prominent evangelical seminaries.—
Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
15 Mar. 2026
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Apocalypse movies are breeding grounds for unlikely posses, and this Australian zom-com from writer-director Abe Forsythe is no exception.—
Kevin Jacobsen,
Entertainment Weekly,
21 Feb. 2026
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Shower heads are breeding grounds for mold because of the constant moisture, humidity, and minerals that are found in some water supplies.—
Ashlyn Needham,
Southern Living,
19 Feb. 2026
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Now the tomatoes are heirloom from hothouses, and unfortunately, my tomato slices were mushy.—
Louisa Kung Liu Chu,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Jan. 2026
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These hothouses draw an inexhaustible supply of idealistic pilgrims who’ve chosen to forego more stable and remunerative career paths in pursuit of the high-wire act that is a meaningful creative life.—
Gary Baum,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Sep. 2019
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“Nests.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nests. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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