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Recent Examples of hive
Noun
The artist Ernest Crichlow summons the memory of the sculptor Augusta Savage, whose studio, in a Harlem basement—amid furnaces and stacks of coal—was a paradise of enlightenment and a hive of creative effort. Richard Brody, New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2025 Dive into the science of how honeybees produce wax and learn about its role inside the hive. Jake Richardson, Mercury News, 22 Sep. 2025 This includes the eyeball alien that’s possessed the sheep, a rapidly growing Xenomorph, and large, flying bug-like creatures that have made a little hive for themselves. Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025 This sparsely inhabited spot, at the time, out of range of cellphones, suddenly became a hive of activity. Todd Symons, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hive
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hive
Noun
  • Potential amenities could include a clubhouse, pool, fitness center and pet playground.
    Erik S. Hanley, jsonline.com, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Designed by architect Myron Hunt, the Ambassador Hotel opened in 1921 — back when that portion of mid-Wilshire was the outskirts of town — and soon became the glamorous playground of the rich and famous.
    Michael Schneider, Variety, 12 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Videos over the months have shown ICE agents wearing face coverings and plainclothes, driving unmarked cars and swarming worksites and streets during their deportation operations.
    Emma Tucker, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2025
  • With 39 seconds left and the ball on the Chargers’ 41-yard line, the Dolphins’ defensive front swarmed Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert for what looked like a sack.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Florida — specifically Miami — is the hotbed.
    Noah White, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2025
  • As a hotbed of resistance against its British colonizers, Bengal’s freedom struggle was fought as much with ideas as with weapons.
    Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Some focus on fishing in the ocean or among the mangroves, others on herding zebu cattle, and still others on harvesting resources from the forest.
    Ari Daniel, NPR, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Mining companies have so exacerbated water scarcity that many Indigenous Chileans have had to give up herding.
    Scott W. Stern, The Atlantic, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • One example is my hometown of Rochester, New York, which has become a bidding-war hot spot in recent years.
    Fortune, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Take Tribeca Grill, the New American hot spot that closed earlier this year after more than three decades serving New York’s downtown set.
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 5 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • With money flooding in, developers are flocking to areas where a lot of data centers are already, like Northern Virginia's Data Center Alley and parts of Texas, according to the IEA.
    Michael Copley, NPR, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Butterflies and many other pollinators flock to these flowers.
    Viveka Neveln, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • That is, in part, because her story differs from most others who thronged campuses.
    Dave Smith, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The yachts which have thronged the bay are fewer as summer gives way to fall, but the off-season quiet has its own appeal for visitors wanting a slice of paradise to themselves.
    Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • But critics say the memo builds on kernels of truth before veering into unscientific fringe theories.
    Stephanie Armour, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2025
  • The female’s back is covered in small protrusions that resemble popped kernels of popcorn, inspiring its genus name Zea, derived from the corn plant.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2025

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“Hive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hive. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.

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