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
So, the dairy section became a hotbed of questionable additives.
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Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 1 May 2025
One innovative way to monitor eruptions is now being put to the test at the Reykjanes Peninsula, a hotbed of volcanic activity in Iceland.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 25 Apr. 2025
The city is a hotbed of culture, ripe for exploration by art, music, and fashion lovers.
—AFAR Media, 16 May 2025
Now, it’s grown into a hotbed of unprecedented cordyceps activity.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 11 May 2025
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Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 1 May 2025
One innovative way to monitor eruptions is now being put to the test at the Reykjanes Peninsula, a hotbed of volcanic activity in Iceland.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 25 Apr. 2025
The city is a hotbed of culture, ripe for exploration by art, music, and fashion lovers.
—AFAR Media, 16 May 2025
Now, it’s grown into a hotbed of unprecedented cordyceps activity.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 11 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hotbed
Noun
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The hurricane center had also begun using a new forecast map, which highlighted in red the risk of flooding posed to the area.—
Greg Allen,
NPR,
1 June 2025
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If leaders secure the money, the site will be rebuilt with a visitor’s center, a museum, a cafe and gardens, according to the website, and guests will be treated to the same sweeping ocean views.—
Rebecca Ellis,
Los Angeles Times,
1 June 2025
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The century-old hotel is famous for its Spanish colonial revival design, and longtime denizens still proudly reference its history as a mecca of Black music after World War II, when the likes of James Brown and Billie Holiday played its famous club.—
Grant Stringer,
Mercury News,
2 June 2025
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Known as a mecca for watersports, everyone pauses to bask in the brilliant purples, pinks, and oranges that splash into the sky as the late afternoon transitions to evening.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
24 May 2025
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More than 200 modern bird species nest in the Arctic, braving the harsh conditions each year.—
Sara Hashemi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
2 June 2025
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Poets toil as often-anonymous individuals building some greater nest, colony, or hive that might outlast us or end up squashed and swept away unceremoniously.—
Hannah Brooks-Motl
June 2,
Literary Hub,
2 June 2025
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