breeding ground
noun
1
: the place to which animals go to breed
2
: a place or set of circumstances suitable for or favorable to growth and development
hurricane breeding grounds
Synonyms
Examples of breeding ground in a Sentence
a breeding ground for seals
The Gulf of Mexico is a breeding ground for hurricanes.
The company's casual atmosphere serves as a breeding ground for innovation.
Recent Examples on the Web
In North America, many hummingbirds migrate to and from their breeding grounds in response to changes in daylight and food availability.
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The Arizona Republic, 10 Apr. 2024
Increasing ocean temperatures also affects marine species and ecosystems, leading to coral bleaching and the eradication of breeding grounds.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 8 Apr. 2024
And stagnant pools of water are the perfect breeding grounds for mosquitos to lay their eggs.
—Elizabeth Gamillo, Discover Magazine, 27 Feb. 2024
Reddit is much like X (formerly known as Twitter) in that anonymous communities are a breeding ground for speech that is likely to repel many advertisers.
—Peter Cohan, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024
Americans have tended to see the civil war as a humanitarian catastrophe and a breeding ground for terrorists.
—Kenneth M. Pollack and Katherine Zimmerman, WSJ, 8 Jan. 2024
Such a neighborhood was the ideal breeding ground for Heterodoxy, a secret society that paved the way for modern feminism.
—Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Mar. 2024
In the second case, the inspector was specifically checking to see whether the standing water at the lake was creating a breeding ground for mosquitos.
—Shawn Raymundo, The Arizona Republic, 16 Mar. 2024
What was once a holy ground shepherded by a rapturous man simply known as Pastor (Steven Pasquale), model evangelical teen Dawn O’Keefe (Alyse Alan Louis) and her angelic group of Promise Keeper Girls morphs into a breeding ground for sin.
—Brittani Samuel, Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2024
The Arizona Republic, 10 Apr. 2024
Increasing ocean temperatures also affects marine species and ecosystems, leading to coral bleaching and the eradication of breeding grounds.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 8 Apr. 2024
And stagnant pools of water are the perfect breeding grounds for mosquitos to lay their eggs.
—Elizabeth Gamillo, Discover Magazine, 27 Feb. 2024
Reddit is much like X (formerly known as Twitter) in that anonymous communities are a breeding ground for speech that is likely to repel many advertisers.
—Peter Cohan, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024
Americans have tended to see the civil war as a humanitarian catastrophe and a breeding ground for terrorists.
—Kenneth M. Pollack and Katherine Zimmerman, WSJ, 8 Jan. 2024
Such a neighborhood was the ideal breeding ground for Heterodoxy, a secret society that paved the way for modern feminism.
—Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Mar. 2024
In the second case, the inspector was specifically checking to see whether the standing water at the lake was creating a breeding ground for mosquitos.
—Shawn Raymundo, The Arizona Republic, 16 Mar. 2024
What was once a holy ground shepherded by a rapturous man simply known as Pastor (Steven Pasquale), model evangelical teen Dawn O’Keefe (Alyse Alan Louis) and her angelic group of Promise Keeper Girls morphs into a breeding ground for sin.
—Brittani Samuel, Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2024
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“Breeding ground.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/breeding%20ground. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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