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Recent Examples of hot spot
As a tourism hot spot, Austin has long been home to a multitude of short-term rentals.
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Ella McCarthy, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
While celebs took turns bowling their most impressive scores, a growing crowd vying for their entry into the exclusive hot spot lingered in front of the bowling alley.
—Shanae Hardy, Billboard, 30 July 2025
Well regarded as a culinary hot spot that’s soaked in seaside charm, the easily walkable city is the perfect place to spend a long weekend—or more.
—Jacqueline Dole, Travel + Leisure, 26 July 2025
Rooftop seating, a pizzeria within and drinks keep the nostalgic hot spot a favorite for KC natives.
—Ramal Nasim
july 25, Kansas City Star, 25 July 2025
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Ella McCarthy, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
While celebs took turns bowling their most impressive scores, a growing crowd vying for their entry into the exclusive hot spot lingered in front of the bowling alley.
—Shanae Hardy, Billboard, 30 July 2025
Well regarded as a culinary hot spot that’s soaked in seaside charm, the easily walkable city is the perfect place to spend a long weekend—or more.
—Jacqueline Dole, Travel + Leisure, 26 July 2025
Rooftop seating, a pizzeria within and drinks keep the nostalgic hot spot a favorite for KC natives.
—Ramal Nasim
july 25, Kansas City Star, 25 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hot spot
Noun
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Maxwell, Mitchell, and Evans first tracked how children played on the equipment in two different areas of a child care center’s playground.—
Laura Clawson,
JSTOR Daily,
13 Aug. 2025
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In 2023, renovation of the north playground at Tecolote Shores park won an Orchid from the San Diego Architectural Foundation.—
Teri Figueroa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Aug. 2025
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With nearly 50,000 examples made and more than 46,000 of those sold in the United States over four years, the 560 SL offers a happy hunting ground for drivers seeking a classic convertible with the creature comforts of a near-contemporary car.—
Robert Ross,
Robb Report,
16 May 2025
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Everton’s Goodison Park stadium hasn’t always been a happy hunting ground for Manchester City.—
Zak Garner-Purkis,
Forbes.com,
20 Apr. 2025
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Detroit City Distillery’s first collaboration with Bees in the D was in 2019 with its Honey Bourbon made with honey harvested from hives atop the distillery’s historic building in Eastern Market.—
Susan Selasky,
Freep.com,
9 Aug. 2025
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Discover what to expect and how to manage your hive in your second year of beekeeping.—
Joe Rassel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
6 Aug. 2025
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Winter trips focus on gray wolves, spending dawn and dusk in the Lamar Valley, which is ground zero for the country’s wolf reintroduction efforts.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
4 Aug. 2025
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Scotland is ground zero for the U.K.’s grid decarbonization challenge.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
4 Aug. 2025
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Fort Worth, Texas Lately, Fort Worth has stepped out of the shadow of its sister city, Dallas, as a hotbed of serious ’cue.—
Robert F. Moss,
Southern Living,
23 July 2025
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Set in New Mexico during 2020, the movie centers on the fictional town of Eddington, which turns into a hotbed of bad feelings and controversy when awkward local sheriff Joe Cross (Joaquin Phoenix) decides to run for mayor against popular progressive incumbent Ted Garcia (Pedro Pascal).—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
19 July 2025
Noun
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This serves as a nerve center for the International Thespian Festival.—
Brian Hamilton,
New York Times,
11 July 2025
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Once relegated to cost control, procurement must now become a strategic nerve center.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
10 July 2025
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Some 65% of today's data center power is fueling traditional enterprise workloads, according to BCG.—
Tomás O’Leary,
Forbes.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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Position the bit in the center of the pot, then angle it slightly.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
12 Aug. 2025
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That’s a business that has seen a lot of players come and go, and Regal Ware is applying the lessons of its tenacious history as sets its strategy for the next century and beyond, with its manufacturing prowess central to its plans.—
Jim Vinoski,
Forbes.com,
11 July 2025
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Vera, the buzzy, brilliant and preternaturally observant ten-year-old central to Gary Shteyngart’s sardonic and profoundly relevant new novel, brings a fresh, necessary perspective to our evolving dystopian universe.—
Jane Ciabattari
July 8,
Literary Hub,
8 July 2025
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“Hot spot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hot%20spot. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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