hub-and-spoke

adjective

ˈhəb-ən(d)-ˈspōk 

: being or relating to a system of routing air traffic in which a major airport serves as a central point for coordinating flights to and from other airports

Examples of hub-and-spoke in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Across Specialist Teams To Improve Every Workflow AI has not affected our agency model, which is hub-and-spoke—the hub is the consultant and the lead working on strategy, ideation and management, with the spokes, or specialists, driving execution. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026

The new hub-and-spoke model of air service started displacing milk-run paths. — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 12 June 2026

In some of these star-forming regions, gas is organized into characteristic hub-and-spoke patterns known as Hub-Filament Systems (HFS). — Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 1 June 2026

North Carolina's plan creates a hub-and-spoke model that allots money to six large regional leads, including nonprofits such as Access East. — Sarah Jane Tribble, NPR, 22 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1980, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for hub-and-spoke

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