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as in greenhouse
a glass-enclosed building for growing plants
grows tomatoes in his hothouse all winter long
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as in center
a place or environment that favors the development of something
an urban enclave of bohemians that acquired a reputation for being a hothouse of creativity
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Recent Examples of hothouse
The live script read in Banff keeps pace with the festival’s traditional market role of helping hothouse TV series in development, rather than see the selling of finished product as at the two MIPs in Cannes.
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Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 27 May 2025
America has already had a President whose celebrity was nourished at the movies; what could be more logical than to elect a man who bloomed in the hothouse of TV?
—Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 25 July 2024
During the time Vasuki lived, average temperatures hovered around 82°F, making this region a tropical hothouse ideal for cold-blooded predators.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025
But in New York, there has always been the theater business, as in producers and theater owners and press agents, all squeezed together in the hothouse neighborhood branded Broadway and integral to New York’s international identity since the Roaring ’20s.
—Frank Rich, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2025
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Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 27 May 2025
America has already had a President whose celebrity was nourished at the movies; what could be more logical than to elect a man who bloomed in the hothouse of TV?
—Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 25 July 2024
During the time Vasuki lived, average temperatures hovered around 82°F, making this region a tropical hothouse ideal for cold-blooded predators.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025
But in New York, there has always been the theater business, as in producers and theater owners and press agents, all squeezed together in the hothouse neighborhood branded Broadway and integral to New York’s international identity since the Roaring ’20s.
—Frank Rich, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hothouse
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The property’s 31-acre garden, including a glass greenhouse for fresh greens all year, is a highlight.—
The New York Times,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 June 2025
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The grounds also include a pool, tennis court and greenhouse. Erika Demma with Compass and Hugh Cornish with Coldwell Banker hold the listing.—
Pueng Vongs,
Mercury News,
4 June 2025
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Others, such as 18-year-old fellow center back Jordyn Bugg and 21-year-old Lilly Reale, will be playing with Girma for the first time.—
Tamerra Griffin,
New York Times,
26 June 2025
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Wolf, a seven-foot, 250-pound center, spent his first two college seasons at Yale before transferring to Michigan.—
Kels Dayton,
Hartford Courant,
26 June 2025
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Proceeds will support the project’s nursery, which is featured in a new Save LA Cougars video explaining how all the crossing’s native plants, soils and compost have been chosen and nurtured.—
Jeanette Marantos,
Los Angeles Times,
25 June 2025
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King eventually managed half of the plantings, working with area nurseries on sapling and seed provenance, as NRG ecologists tried to keep pace.—
Robert Sullivan,
Curbed,
9 June 2025
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The coastal community that’s been a hotbed of neo-Nazi activity for decades?—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
28 June 2025
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Healthcare is already a hotbed of AI activity, which has more than proved its worth as a tool for diagnosing illness, monitoring recovery, and developing new medicines.—
Bernard Marr,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2025
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That’s despite a range of threats facing shorebirds in Florida, from predators and human interference to nest overwash from storms and rising high tides.—
Molly Duerig,
Miami Herald,
28 June 2025
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According to the study authors, while the circular indentations may be tied to the theropod’s attempts at nest building, the scratches are more likely the remains of their ritual dance-offs, in which male dinosaurs dug deep into the sand, slashing their claws and sending spews of dust into the air.—
Sam Walters,
Discover Magazine,
27 June 2025
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To arrest that anxiety China plans to construct a specialized MSR facility on the outskirts of Hefei, the capital of Anhui, China.—
Leonard David,
Space.com,
29 June 2025
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The weekend session could be a make-or-break moment for Trump’s party, which has invested much of its political capital on his signature domestic policy plan.—
Lisa Mascaro,
Los Angeles Times,
29 June 2025
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The future pontiff lived in the house full-time until going off to a Michigan seminary for high school in 1969.—
Mike Nolan,
Chicago Tribune,
2 July 2025
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Qom is considered a holy city, home to Iran’s largest and most famous Shia seminary.—
Ivana Kottasová,
CNN Money,
22 June 2025
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No place on earth draws more fanatics than Penang, the world’s mecca for durian lovers.—
Tom Downey,
Smithsonian Magazine,
26 June 2025
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Indianapolis has become a mecca for those activities as the home of the Indy 500 and the Pacers (who came up just short of winning the NBA crown this year).—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
25 June 2025
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“Hothouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hothouse. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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