nexus

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  1. noun A means of connection; a link or tie: "this nexus between New York's . . . real-estate investors and its . . . politicians” (Wall Street Journal).
  2. noun A connected series or group.
  3. noun The core or center: "The real nexus of the money culture [was] Wall Street” (Bill Barol).

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  • "She not a nexus, and too small for So you have nothing you want from her," Becka said. —  The Dastard
  • Yet I saw a possibility of hope If I could find a nexus, a pivotal point in time, perhaps I could change the world. —  F ;SF - vol 093 issue 03 - September 1997
  • If I could find a nexus, a pivotal point in time, perhaps I could change the world. —  F ;SF; - vol 093 issue 03 - September 1997
  • The crime / drugs nexus was the subject of a Report entitled Organized Crime and its Threat to Security: tackling a disturbing consequence of drug control1 that I presented to the Commission on Narcotic Drugs and the Crime Commission in 2009. —  Transform Drug Policy Foundation: Media Blog
  • Breaking the politician-nexus is the key to police reform, regardless of whether it is Chidambaram or anyone else who tries to turn it.
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  1. Latin, from past participle of nectere, to bind; see ned- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Latin nexus (nexu-), a tie, bond, connection, from nectere, tie together, bind: see nexible.
  2. Latin nexus, past participle of nectere, tie together, bind: see nexible, nexum, etc.
 

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