as in center
a thing or place that is of greatest importance to an activity or interest
Broadway is the hub of theater life in New York
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Recent Examples of hub
North Road will now serve as Mediawan’s North American hub.
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Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 30 Jan. 2026
North Road will serve as Mediawan’s North American hub.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 30 Jan. 2026
The 50,000-square-foot cultural hub will provide educational programs and is expected to serve as a catalyst for economic growth in the Historic Southside.
—Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Jan. 2026
Recently approved by the City of Mesa, Sunny Day Sports’ plans will redevelop the 80-acre former Fiesta Mall site into the Palo District, a sports, wellness, business and entertainment hub.
—Sportico Staff, Sportico.com, 30 Jan. 2026
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Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 30 Jan. 2026
North Road will serve as Mediawan’s North American hub.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 30 Jan. 2026
The 50,000-square-foot cultural hub will provide educational programs and is expected to serve as a catalyst for economic growth in the Historic Southside.
—Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Jan. 2026
Recently approved by the City of Mesa, Sunny Day Sports’ plans will redevelop the 80-acre former Fiesta Mall site into the Palo District, a sports, wellness, business and entertainment hub.
—Sportico Staff, Sportico.com, 30 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hub
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About 80 warming centers were opened across the state, known as one of the nation's poorest.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
30 Jan. 2026
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On the company’s earnings call, analysts asked CEO Tim Cook several questions about Apple’s access to memory components, which have seen their prices skyrocket due to demand related to chips necessary for artificial intelligence data centers.—
Kif Leswing,
CNBC,
30 Jan. 2026
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The Lane Bryant store is now gone, the shopping center on the far west side of Tinley Park has blossomed and life in the southwest suburb now known as an entertainment mecca goes on.—
Donna Vickroy,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Jan. 2026
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The Bay Area is a mecca for social dancing, from salsa to line dancing to modern ballroom, said Richard Powers, a choreographer and dance historian who teaches social dance classes at Stanford University.—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
24 Jan. 2026
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Some of Thursday’s decline was related to Wall Street not being happy with how much the company was spending on investments for the future (capital expenditures), and the cloud business Azure may not have done as well as some hoped.—
Jason Gewirtz,
CNBC,
30 Jan. 2026
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However, some oil executives have expressed discomfort with the idea of sending capital into Venezuela.—
Moriah Thomas,
CNN Money,
30 Jan. 2026
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Stepheny Price is a Writer at Fox News with a focus on West Coast and Midwest news, missing persons, national and international crime stories, homicide cases, and border security.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
13 Jan. 2026
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Barra says the focus now is on making cars more affordable, incorporating artificial intelligence and new technology like Google Gemini to make the vehicles safer and appealing to the consumer.—
Julia Avant,
CBS News,
13 Jan. 2026
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“Hub.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hub. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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