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Where Do 'Hot Takes' Come From?
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“Hot take.” The Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hot%20take. Accessed 24 January 2020.
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The first known use of hot take was in 2012
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