hot spots

variants also hotspots
Definition of hot spotsnext
plural of hot spot

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of hot spots Top mobile hot spots for 10 devices Compatible with the Verizon network, this mobile hot spot allows 10 simultaneous connections. Bestreviews, Mercury News, 8 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hot spots
Noun
  • In some settlements, playgrounds were crowded, with five times the number of children per playground, when compared to other settlements with similar populations.
    Laurie Winkless, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
  • As playgrounds evolve to encourage children not just to climb and swing but to be creative, researchers have focused on how different playground designs influence play.
    Laura Clawson, JSTOR Daily, 13 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The hustle & bustle of being near stock, options & commodities exchanges and working in pristine buildings that were the nerve centers of American enterprise & entrepreneurship.
    Kenneth G. Winans, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Those places aren’t exactly hotbeds for future big leaguers.
    Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Some scientific disciplines have become hotbeds for slop.
    Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 22 Jan. 2026

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“Hot spots.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hot%20spots. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.

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