Axis
Axis noun - A thing or place that is of greatest importance to an activity or interest.
Usage example: in addition to being the suburb's social axis, the country club is the place where deals are made and partnerships are forged
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Nearby Word: axial
Base
Base noun - A thing or place that is of greatest importance to an activity or interest.
Usage example: the base of the industry is California's Silicon Valley
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Other additions include a hat switch in four directions, a throttle lever on the base, more buttons on the base, and mechanisms that allow the player to twist the joystick itself clockwise and counterclockwise on the base, adding a third axis to "front-and-back" and "left-and-right".
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At the same time, Iraqi ultranationalists and Islamists rose up and overthrew the British puppet monarchy in Baghdad and aligned themselves with the Axis, laying siege to the major RAF base in the region.
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In Mobile Suit Gundam Chars Counter Attack, Char hands out briefcases of gold to a number of Federation officials as part of a short-lived peace deal that gave him control of the old Axis asteroid base.
Source: Briefcase Full of Money
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