Thesaurus results for HOT SPOT

hot spot

noun

Definition of hot spot

as in playground

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Recent Examples of hot spot Leaders at Pima County’s Council on Aging have noted the area is a hot spot for older retirees. — Taylor Seely, USA Today, 1 Aug. 2026 Rather than overwhelming clinicians with a constant stream of data, AI can help identify meaningful patterns and 'hot spot' patients who may need more timely attention. — Hansa Bhargava, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026 Plaza Midwood has been a hot spot for openings this year, with notable newcomers including Uchi and Uchibā, Improper Pig, Harriet’s Hamburgers and Maman. — Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 30 July 2026 The original hot spot, in Monti, a nearby neighborhood, was named one of the World’s Best Bars in 2025. — Maya Kachroo-Levine, Travel + Leisure, 30 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for hot spot

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Noun

For 80 years, the sector has served as little more than an economist’s playground, focusing in on efficiency.

— Craig Hooper, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
The village administration office closed, and the school playground was cordoned off.

— Zander Sherman, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of playground

Noun

Brighton need three points to stay within touching distance of Bournemouth above them, but Elland Road might not be a happy hunting ground for the visitors.

— Graham Ruthven, New York Times, 15 May 2026
The Gtech Community Stadium has not been a happy hunting ground for Chelsea in recent years, having failed to win in any of their last three visits to the ground.

— Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Sep. 2025

Definition of happy hunting ground

Noun

Carlos Manuel Vesga submitted the Pluribus episode where Manousos treks up through South America while accepting no help from the hive members, a showcase of defiant pride and a good bit of physically demanding work.

— Joe Reid, Vulture, 8 Aug. 2026
Because the hive-minded beings communicate telepathically, re-recording mixer Larry Benjamin explained that the world often becomes unnaturally quiet, forcing the sound team to rethink where tension and comedy originate.

— Deadline, Deadline, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of hive

Noun

Michigan is ground zero for cyclosporiasis, where more than 10,000 people have eaten something, likely lettuce, contaminated with microscopic pods containing Cyclospora parasites.

— Pien Huang, NPR, 2 Aug. 2026
Hawaii was ground zero for the crystal meth epidemic, the first state where the smokable form of the drug really took off.

— Guthrie Scrimgeour, Rolling Stone, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of ground zero

Noun

Throughout the night, Allie and Owen’s paths continue to cross in the hotbed of lust sweeping across the Big Apple, leading each to wonder if they are truly meant for each other or just there to exist as the means for a desperate encounter.

— Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Dance In recent years, a small loft above a beauty-supply store in East Williamsburg has emerged as a hotbed of dance experimentation.

— Sheldon Pearce, New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of hotbed

Noun

Within the next year, EAV could be back near full strength as one of Atlanta’s most interesting nerve centers for food and drink.

— Henri Hollis, AJC.com, 6 Aug. 2026
This allowed traders to finance enormous commodity flows with limited equity, creating the foundations for a new model of global trading and helping establish Geneva as the operational nerve center of the industry.

— Lysanne Currie, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026

Definition of nerve center

Noun

Iran has issued a list of concessions the US must make in order for the vital Strait of Hormuz to be reopened, once again bringing the waterway center-stage in Tehran’s dealings with Washington.

— Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2026
His early memories center on 2005’s Axis of Evil tour, during which Ahmed Ahmed, Maz Jobrani, Aron Kader, and Dean Obeidallah set out to contend with an American public still living under the cloud of the World Trade Center attack.

— Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of center

Noun

On Wednesday, Minneapolis Federal Reserve President Neel Kashkari told CNBC that the central should begin raising rates, a move that could start as early as September with the central bank's next meeting.

— Sean Conlon,Hugh Leask, CNBC, 5 Aug. 2026
Jeff Dean, a longtime Google employee central to the development of its AI strategy, is meanwhile departing the company to launch a startup, taking several high-profile employees with him.

— Bloomberg, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026

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