Thesaurus results for HOT SPOT

hot spot

noun

Definition of hot spot

as in playground

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Recent Examples of hot spot His village lies on the outskirts of the city of Beni in North Kivu province, a major hot spot in what has been the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak. — ABC News, 29 Oct. 2026 Don’t expect to see this pair out at the clubs or hot spot du jour. — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 29 Oct. 2026 The 1990s were a very different time — especially in Silver Lake, California — once a fertile neighborhood of artists and musicians and now a pricey hot spot. — Pat Saperstein, Variety, 27 Oct. 2026 The Las Vegas Strip became a wedding hot spot in the 1940s, after the town was reconceived as a resort and Reno had become America’s divorce capital. — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 27 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for hot spot

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Noun

Opened in 1896 by Caspar Badrutt, the hotel has long been a playground for the glitterati; Coco Chanel, Audrey Hepburn and Alfred Hitchcock – who even has a suite named after him – were all regulars.

— Fergus Scholes, TheWeek, 3 Nov. 2026
This family-friendly event also features a face painter and playground for the kids and a bar for the adults.

— Lesly Gregory, AJC.com, 2 Nov. 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

At a teaching apiary in College Park, bees returning to the hive with tiny granules of pollen on their legs tell her something about what is happening inside.

— Jamal Goss, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026
The new appendage lets humans using Beewise’s Beehome monitoring system remotely care for the colony without needing to go to a hive that might be up to 100 acres away from the farmhouse.

— Rachel Sacks, Time, 15 Oct. 2026

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In fact, Skewis has known Palace’s strategic advisor for the China region, Stéphen Khou, for some 25 years, acquainted through his travels in France and London’s ground zero for skating, Southbank.

— Joe Bobowicz, Vogue, 5 Nov. 2026
Tarrant County is ground zero for a blue wave in Texas, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gina Hinojosa said at a Tuesday night get-out-the-vote rally in Lake Worth.

— Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of ground zero

Noun

The Milk District is a culinary hotbed these days, but times have changed.

— Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Nov. 2026
Yet the group secured a booking, other groups like the Ramones, Blondie and Talking Heads soon followed suit, and by 1975 CBGB was the hotbed of a scene and sound that would eventually revolutionize rock music.

— Jem Aswad, Variety, 7 Nov. 2026

Definition of hotbed

Noun

GLP-1s touch nerve centers of US healthcare politics, from populist fury at big insurers and pharmaceutical companies to worries about government spending and a growing awareness of the toll of chronic illness.

— Ben Smith, semafor.com, 29 Oct. 2026
The corporate nerve center is clad in the company palette of muted grays and bright-red accents.

— Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of nerve center

Noun

The Clippers were without center Isaiah Jackson (groin), as well as former Pelicans star Brandon Ingram (heel), who is close to his debut for his new team.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 9 Nov. 2026
At least 55 Ukrainians were killed Monday when Russia bombed a school building used as a shelter and aid center in Zaporizhzhia, one of the deadliest incidents of a conflict in its fifth year.

— Lauren Kent, CNN Money, 8 Nov. 2026

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