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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 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 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 The dispute has been building for months after the Trump administration demanded a series of policy and governance changes at Harvard, calling it a hotbed of liberalism and accusing it of tolerating anti-Jewish harassment. Collin Binkley, Chicago Tribune, 5 June 2025 This small island in the Mediterranean is one of the closest to North Africa and has been a hotbed of conflict, colonization and military maneuvers during the war. Liza B. Zimmerman, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for hotbed
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Noun
  • And the lingering aftermath of the fraudulent rehab center scam has stretched some groups to their limits.
    Arlyssa D. Becenti, AZCentral.com, 12 Aug. 2025
  • Ukrainian brigade command centers display as many as 60 of these drone feeds around the clock.
    ERIC SCHMIDT, Foreign Affairs, 12 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Cincinnati is known as a Montessori mecca in large part because of Xavier's undergraduate program and lab school.
    Madeline Mitchell, The Enquirer, 3 July 2025
  • Playing it by ear: How Nashville musicians protect their hearing Across the country, Nashville is known as a mecca for country music.
    Amber Roberson, Nashville Tennessean, 4 May 2025
Noun
  • In August 2024, Sharon shared a motherhood milestone as her second son flew the nest for college.
    Escher Walcott, People.com, 12 Aug. 2025
  • The nest exhibited radiation 10 times the level allowed by federal regulations, according to the Energy Department report.
    Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2025

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“Hotbed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hotbed. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.

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