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hot spot

noun

Definition of hot spot

as in playground

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Recent Examples of hot spot Essaouira, Morocco getty Essaouira is a growing hot spot among visitors and foreign residents in Morocco. — Kathleen Peddicord, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026 Payette is a 5,000-acre glacial lake trout hot spot, with cold, clear water and depths to over 300 feet. — Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 27 Aug. 2026 This former industrial town at the mouth of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta has never been known as a culinary hot spot. — Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2026 After the Opry rendezvous, Miller and Mascis headed over to Nashville hot spot the Vinyl Tap for an unplanned Neil Young tribute on the bar-slash-record shop’s small stage. — Selena Fragassi, SPIN, 24 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for hot spot

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Noun

Characters drive multiple new activities including interactive elements, indoor playground, drawing lessons with Olaf.

— Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Sep. 2026
Meet at the playground; work gloves and tools will be provided.

— Everett Eaton, jsonline.com, 11 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

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
Alongside that is the Edinburgh Film Festival, the Edinburgh TV Festival and the Edinburgh International Book Festival, making the city a hive of activity.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of hive

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More than 2,000 miles from ground zero, thousands of flags were planted into West Sacramento soil to help sow the seeds of remembrance for the victims of the 9/11 terror attacks on the World Trade Center.

— Ashley Sharp, CBS News, 10 Sep. 2026
China’s film and video industry is in the midst of an AI revolution, and at ground zero are the micro dramas that play out on millions of smartphones.

— Ling Wei, Los Angeles Times, 10 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

The latest forecast predicts the center will pass roughly 115 to 150 miles west of Kauai, close enough that any additional eastward shifts in the track could bring stronger winds and greater impacts, particularly to Kauai, the hurricane center said.

— Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2026
The center makes the protection calls, and often, zone runs cut vertically toward the center.

— Ted Nguyen, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of center

Noun

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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