as in center
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 hotbed
With talks this year at Harvard and Columbia University, hotbeds of sociopolitical tension, the motivating focus is finding empathy.
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Anika Reed, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2025
The global gaming industry has always been a hotbed of innovation, consistently adapting and evolving to meet the demands of players.
—Faizy Ahmed, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
California has long been a hotbed of Fortune 500 companies and diverse industries from agriculture to manufacturing and film.
—Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 25 Apr. 2025
Also, according to the Bishop Consulting 2024 Automated Driving Industry Trends Report – Trucks, other side of the Pacific is the hotbed of truck platooning.
—Richard Bishop, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
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Anika Reed, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2025
The global gaming industry has always been a hotbed of innovation, consistently adapting and evolving to meet the demands of players.
—Faizy Ahmed, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
California has long been a hotbed of Fortune 500 companies and diverse industries from agriculture to manufacturing and film.
—Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 25 Apr. 2025
Also, according to the Bishop Consulting 2024 Automated Driving Industry Trends Report – Trucks, other side of the Pacific is the hotbed of truck platooning.
—Richard Bishop, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hotbed
Noun
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Favre’s off-the-field controversies are at the center of UNTOLD: The Fall of Favre, which began streaming Tuesday on Netflix.—
Sean Neumann,
People.com,
20 May 2025
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In both the book and the Kurosawa film, the tycoon at the center of the story’s conflict is in the shoe business.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
20 May 2025
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Indianapolis is better known as a Midwest motorsports mecca and basketball bastion than a city built for golf sickos.—
Mike Dojc,
Forbes.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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The Shoppes at Buckland Hills, which spawned the growth of a retail mecca in Manchester and neighboring South Windsor in the 1990s, rose to become the second largest taxpayer in the municipality.—
Kenneth R. Gosselin,
Hartford Courant,
23 Apr. 2025
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Across the coasts of our region, both Atlantic and Gulf, sea turtles make their nests and hatchlings make their way back to the ocean.—
Katie Akin,
Southern Living,
10 May 2025
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The nests were counted by an army of volunteers, park staff, local councils, land managers and contractors who conducted 5,000 observations this season, officials said.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
7 May 2025
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“Hotbed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hotbed. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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