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a practice or interest that is very popular for a short time
the hot ticket this season is the retro look
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Recent Examples of hot ticket
The Super Bowl isn't the only hot ticket in town each year, with dozens of parties and events taking over the host city featuring some of the hottest names in sports and entertainment .
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Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 16 Jan. 2026
While the lingering impact of the global COVID-19 pandemic and the 13-hour time difference between New York and Beijing made a rough go of the 2022 Games, the more favorable conditions in Italy and an ongoing surge in sports TV ratings has made Milan a hot ticket.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 6 Jan. 2026
Forget toys and collectibles, crypto might be a hot ticket item this holiday season.
—Natalie Wu, CNBC, 15 Dec. 2025
The show was transcendent—the rare quasi-religious, non-narrative, half-in-Latin hot ticket—but, when a few members in the company came down with COVID, Ars Nova was forced to cancel the final week of performances.
—Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
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Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 16 Jan. 2026
While the lingering impact of the global COVID-19 pandemic and the 13-hour time difference between New York and Beijing made a rough go of the 2022 Games, the more favorable conditions in Italy and an ongoing surge in sports TV ratings has made Milan a hot ticket.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 6 Jan. 2026
Forget toys and collectibles, crypto might be a hot ticket item this holiday season.
—Natalie Wu, CNBC, 15 Dec. 2025
The show was transcendent—the rare quasi-religious, non-narrative, half-in-Latin hot ticket—but, when a few members in the company came down with COVID, Ars Nova was forced to cancel the final week of performances.
—Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hot ticket
Noun
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The latests forecasts show a new round of storm systems will increase rain chances across much of Northern California and the Central Valley in the coming days.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
9 Feb. 2026
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These latests features are designed for enterprises who want to integrate their AI technology with either existing Salesforce data or even their own data.—
Gene Marks,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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Eco effort Six Senses has long held the mantle for being ahead of the sustainability trend, and in Rome, the property was built to incorporate their ethos.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
31 Mar. 2026
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Just the same, the flip side of this is that baseball is notoriously fickle and often deceptive from one day to the next, with the line between coincidence and trend ever-blurry.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
31 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Labubus made popular by celebrities Olivia Attwood, Simone Biles and others joined in on the 2025 Labubu craze, contributing to its popularity.—
Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
27 Mar. 2026
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The craze of public companies that once sought to mimic Strategy by stocking up on bitcoin as a company treasury asset were the essence of the crypto market last summer.—
Tanaya Macheel,
CNBC,
27 Mar. 2026
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That rage drove her away from King’s politics of nonviolence and toward a more militant ideology.—
Zayd Ayers Dohrn,
New Yorker,
28 Mar. 2026
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Curled, effortless updos have been all the rage lately, from Kerry Washington and LaTanya Richardson Jackson to Olandria Carthen.—
Essence,
Essence,
26 Mar. 2026
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Carolina Panthers head coach Dave Canales is known for his enthusiasm and optimism.—
Mike Kaye
April 1,
Charlotte Observer,
1 Apr. 2026
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Despite the previous delays for Artemis II, enthusiasm remains high.—
Christiana Freitag,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Mar. 2026
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This makes the keyboard bigger than what's currently en vogue among mechanical-keyboard enthusiasts.—
Aubrey Jowers,
PC Magazine,
31 Mar. 2026
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One team that doesn’t play the same brand of big bully ball that’s increasingly en vogue but is looking for its third championship in four years.—
Joe Rexrode,
New York Times,
30 Mar. 2026
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Even Haghighi’s daring sense of form—his cornucopia of tones, styles, and genres—reflects his grandfather’s masterwork and suggests an expansion of Golestan’s audacious and original aesthetic.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
27 Mar. 2026
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Like his career, ‘The Boys of Dungeon Lane’ is musically eclectic and sees Paul across an array of instruments and styles showcasing his broad musicality.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
26 Mar. 2026
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What are Tommy Shelby's last words?—
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
20 Mar. 2026
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The stunned sibling couldn’t believe his last words to Chris would be so ordinary, yet so profound in light of what happened.—
Emma Seiwell,
New York Daily News,
7 Mar. 2026
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“Hot ticket.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hot%20ticket. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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