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a place or environment that favors the development of something
prerevolutionary Boston was viewed as a hotbed of treason by the British
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Recent Examples of hotbeds
One such label includes Seventh Avenue Brand, which is based in New Orleans, Louisiana, one of the nation’s formative hotbeds of creativity.
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Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 26 Aug. 2025
The draw will be the highlight of the tournament for an area of the country that is one of the hotbeds for soccer in the US.
—Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2025
Allowing these areas, all of them historic hotbeds of support for the Chinese Communist Party, to experience economic dislocation is simply unthinkable to Beijing.
—Wesley Alexander Hill, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 26 Aug. 2025
The draw will be the highlight of the tournament for an area of the country that is one of the hotbeds for soccer in the US.
—Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2025
Allowing these areas, all of them historic hotbeds of support for the Chinese Communist Party, to experience economic dislocation is simply unthinkable to Beijing.
—Wesley Alexander Hill, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hotbeds
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Scientists have developed a low-cost, compact power module that can be used in data centers, microreactors, and heavy-duty vehicles.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Sep. 2025
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These include energy consumption—driving GW data centers, thermal management and the time to operationalize that infrastructure.—
Thomas Coughlin,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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Test yourself on melon meccas and revolutionary roots in this week's American Culture Quiz.—
Staff,
FOXNews.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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The summer pastures near Prospect Mountain feature fisheries, expansive water rights dating back to the early 1900s, and rock-climbing meccas.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
19 Aug. 2025
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Across the galaxy, stars are born in immense clouds of gas and dust — stellar nurseries where gravity coaxes material to coalesce and ignite.—
Kenna Hughes-Castleberry,
Space.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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Two other dams, Link River and Keno, still bar salmon from reaching their farthest nurseries.—
Debra Utacia Krol,
USA Today,
2 Sep. 2025
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At the same time, neo-traditionalist Catholic groups—with their own parishes and seminaries—will continue on a different course from the rest of the church.—
Massimo Faggioli,
Foreign Affairs,
11 Oct. 2018
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The team kept colonies of Iberian harvester ants in artificial nests in its lab.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
13 Sep. 2025
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No nests, clear piles of branches or wood and no trash.—
Ella Gonzales,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Hotbeds.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hotbeds. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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