Thesaurus results for HOT SPOT

hot spot

noun

Definition of hot spot

as in playground

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Recent Examples of hot spot Continue reading … HOLIDAY HAZARD — Travelers warned of drink-spiking robberies and kidnappings at vacation hot spot. — FOXNews.com, 2 Sep. 2026 Additionally, Uma Thurman, who is returning to the series as Charley, was spotted in the tourist hot spot shooting Tuesday. — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2026 And in San José, the state’s hot spot of data center development, residents flooded a recent public hearing to call for a moratorium while the city updates its data center standards. — Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026 Essaouira, Morocco getty Essaouira is a growing hot spot among visitors and foreign residents in Morocco. — Kathleen Peddicord, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for hot spot

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Noun

Wool makes up a tiny percentage of fashion’s fiber basket, and in sustainability circles, it is often touted as a perfect playground for better farming practices, and a natural alternative to synthetic performance fabrics.

— Bella Webb, Vogue, 16 Sep. 2026
Take San Jose, California, mother of four Alyssa Munoz, who swaps the local park for a different kind of playground on Sunday mornings.

— Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 16 Sep. 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

The Orwellian parallels and Cold War overtones are strong on this particular planet, where a hive-mind entity enforces conformity through mass surveillance and zero-tolerance punishments.

— Emily McClanathan, Chicago Tribune, 15 Sep. 2026
With its high design, beach club and scenery rooftop, La Roqqa is set to become a hive of beautiful Italians and in the know travelers who want the sexiness of the riviera without the masses.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of hive

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Having the good fortune to be present at a musical revolution’s ground zero, Hynde’s exotic American watched her British pals quickly turn into first-gen punk legends and form the Damned, the Sex Pistols, the Slits, the Clash.

— David Fear, Rolling Stone, 14 Sep. 2026
At ground zero, relatives shared enduring grief and final phone calls, while organizers added a tribute for thousands sickened or killed by toxic dust long after the towers fell.

— Jennifer Peltz, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of ground zero

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Hong Kong Fashion Fest, now in its third edition, continues to raise the city’s international fashion profile, supporting the Asian hub’s status as a hotbed for creativity.

— Denni Hu, Footwear News, 14 Sep. 2026
The intersection of video games and trading cards has been a hotbed of activity and collaborations.

— Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of hotbed

Noun

And both need the metals to build the data centers that will power their AI buildouts.

— Alexis Akwagyiram, semafor.com, 21 Sep. 2026
Build a Command Deck With the Control Center The Control Center was a welcome addition to iOS 7 in 2013, but its implementation still feels more like a junk drawer than a command center.

— Florence Ion, PC Magazine, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of center

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The fastest-growing category now is NAD+ — a coenzyme central to mitochondrial energy production and DNA repair — sold as boosting energy, combating aging and enhancing recovery.

— Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 26 Aug. 2026
Blazars, like the one central to this study, designated PKS 2233-148, have long been proposed to be the cosmic particle accelerators that blast out neutrinos.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 19 Aug. 2026

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