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a practice or interest that is very popular for a short time
the hot ticket this season is the retro look
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Recent Examples of hot ticket
The Super Bowl isn't the only hot ticket in town each year, with dozens of parties and events taking over the host city featuring some of the hottest names in sports and entertainment .
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Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 16 Jan. 2026
While the lingering impact of the global COVID-19 pandemic and the 13-hour time difference between New York and Beijing made a rough go of the 2022 Games, the more favorable conditions in Italy and an ongoing surge in sports TV ratings has made Milan a hot ticket.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 6 Jan. 2026
Forget toys and collectibles, crypto might be a hot ticket item this holiday season.
—Natalie Wu, CNBC, 15 Dec. 2025
The show was transcendent—the rare quasi-religious, non-narrative, half-in-Latin hot ticket—but, when a few members in the company came down with COVID, Ars Nova was forced to cancel the final week of performances.
—Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
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Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 16 Jan. 2026
While the lingering impact of the global COVID-19 pandemic and the 13-hour time difference between New York and Beijing made a rough go of the 2022 Games, the more favorable conditions in Italy and an ongoing surge in sports TV ratings has made Milan a hot ticket.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 6 Jan. 2026
Forget toys and collectibles, crypto might be a hot ticket item this holiday season.
—Natalie Wu, CNBC, 15 Dec. 2025
The show was transcendent—the rare quasi-religious, non-narrative, half-in-Latin hot ticket—but, when a few members in the company came down with COVID, Ars Nova was forced to cancel the final week of performances.
—Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hot ticket
Noun
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The latests forecasts show a new round of storm systems will increase rain chances across much of Northern California and the Central Valley in the coming days.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
9 Feb. 2026
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These latests features are designed for enterprises who want to integrate their AI technology with either existing Salesforce data or even their own data.—
Gene Marks,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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That trend continued on Monday, with the Spurs outscoring the Heat by four points in the 12 minutes that Herro and Powell played together.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
24 Mar. 2026
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According to Housebots, the development also reflects a broader trend of collaboration between academic institutions and commercial enterprises in advancing robotics innovation in China.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Mar. 2026
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Labubus made popular by celebrities Olivia Attwood, Simone Biles and others joined in on the 2025 Labubu craze, contributing to its popularity.—
Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
27 Mar. 2026
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The craze of public companies that once sought to mimic Strategy by stocking up on bitcoin as a company treasury asset were the essence of the crypto market last summer.—
Tanaya Macheel,
CNBC,
27 Mar. 2026
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This has become quite the rage since Posner’s book came out, almost twenty years ago.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
22 Mar. 2026
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There were several moments like this throughout the show, as viewers took the opportunity to channel their own inner rage at people who have wronged them into Allen’s songwriting.—
Ellise Shafer,
Variety,
21 Mar. 2026
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Play-by-play man Eric Collins finally has a team worthy of his enthusiasm.—
Scott Fowler,
Charlotte Observer,
25 Mar. 2026
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Brimming with enthusiasm, the presenter told them that Gemini can handle 80% to 90% of the work of writing regulations, while DOT staffers could do the rest, one attendee recalled the presenter saying.—
Jesse Coburn,
ProPublica,
24 Mar. 2026
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Dismantling environmental protections is in vogue, even those enhancing safety and economic prosperity.—
Evan Mills,
Mercury News,
15 Mar. 2026
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There was once a brief time where trans*, with the asterisk, was in vogue.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Mar. 2026
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Even Haghighi’s daring sense of form—his cornucopia of tones, styles, and genres—reflects his grandfather’s masterwork and suggests an expansion of Golestan’s audacious and original aesthetic.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
27 Mar. 2026
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Like his career, ‘The Boys of Dungeon Lane’ is musically eclectic and sees Paul across an array of instruments and styles showcasing his broad musicality.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
26 Mar. 2026
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What are Tommy Shelby's last words?—
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
20 Mar. 2026
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The stunned sibling couldn’t believe his last words to Chris would be so ordinary, yet so profound in light of what happened.—
Emma Seiwell,
New York Daily News,
7 Mar. 2026
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“Hot ticket.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hot%20ticket. Accessed 28 Mar. 2026.
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