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a place or environment that favors the development of something
unwashed skin is a breeding ground for bacteria
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Recent Examples of breeding ground
Marvel is a fertile breeding ground for indie filmmakers who seek to make the leap to bigger budgets and studio franchise films.
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Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 2 June 2025
This nod in popular entertainment to a classic tax-efficiency strategy, especially for wealthy collectors of art, highlights the concern that freeports are also a breeding ground for illicit activities, such as money laundering.
—Priya Prakash Royal Esq. Ll.m. Mba Aep Tep, Forbes.com, 1 June 2025
Campaigners fear drilling will compromise the seabed supporting the reef and Sandy Islet, a breeding ground for vulnerable populations of green turtles.
—Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 28 May 2025
People who are allergic to mold, for example, might struggle in South Florida’s warm, humid climate, a breeding ground for mold, according to Murillo.
—Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 15 May 2025
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Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 2 June 2025
This nod in popular entertainment to a classic tax-efficiency strategy, especially for wealthy collectors of art, highlights the concern that freeports are also a breeding ground for illicit activities, such as money laundering.
—Priya Prakash Royal Esq. Ll.m. Mba Aep Tep, Forbes.com, 1 June 2025
Campaigners fear drilling will compromise the seabed supporting the reef and Sandy Islet, a breeding ground for vulnerable populations of green turtles.
—Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 28 May 2025
People who are allergic to mold, for example, might struggle in South Florida’s warm, humid climate, a breeding ground for mold, according to Murillo.
—Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 15 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for breeding ground
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Others, such as 18-year-old fellow center back Jordyn Bugg and 21-year-old Lilly Reale, will be playing with Girma for the first time.—
Tamerra Griffin,
New York Times,
26 June 2025
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Wolf, a seven-foot, 250-pound center, spent his first two college seasons at Yale before transferring to Michigan.—
Kels Dayton,
Hartford Courant,
26 June 2025
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Proceeds will support the project’s nursery, which is featured in a new Save LA Cougars video explaining how all the crossing’s native plants, soils and compost have been chosen and nurtured.—
Jeanette Marantos,
Los Angeles Times,
25 June 2025
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King eventually managed half of the plantings, working with area nurseries on sapling and seed provenance, as NRG ecologists tried to keep pace.—
Robert Sullivan,
Curbed,
9 June 2025
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That’s despite a range of threats facing shorebirds in Florida, from predators and human interference to nest overwash from storms and rising high tides.—
Molly Duerig,
Miami Herald,
28 June 2025
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According to the study authors, while the circular indentations may be tied to the theropod’s attempts at nest building, the scratches are more likely the remains of their ritual dance-offs, in which male dinosaurs dug deep into the sand, slashing their claws and sending spews of dust into the air.—
Sam Walters,
Discover Magazine,
27 June 2025
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The weekend session could be a make-or-break moment for Trump's party, which has invested much of its political capital on his signature domestic policy plan.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
29 June 2025
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The weekend session could be a make-or-break moment for Trump’s party, which has invested much of its political capital on his signature domestic policy plan.—
Lisa Mascaro,
Los Angeles Times,
29 June 2025
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“Breeding ground.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/breeding%20ground. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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