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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
Musician Charley Patton recorded some of the first-ever blues records while living there, and under his influence Dockery became a hothouse of talent, nurturing the careers of future stars like Son House and Howlin’ Wolf.
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Emma John, AFAR Media, 7 Jan. 2025
Such a major change to the state’s tax structure should never be done in haste in the Capitol’s hothouse atmosphere.
—Steve Bousquet, Sun Sentinel, 29 Mar. 2025
Williams’s œuvre is a hothouse; strange flowers often bloom there.
—Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2025
Nothing in this quiet hothouse of youthful desires, mean-girl tensions and hovering Catholic guilt qualifies as especially new terrain, but the film’s dreamy-yet-gawky carnality and honestly juvenile point of view feel fresh just the same.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 14 Feb. 2025
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Emma John, AFAR Media, 7 Jan. 2025
Such a major change to the state’s tax structure should never be done in haste in the Capitol’s hothouse atmosphere.
—Steve Bousquet, Sun Sentinel, 29 Mar. 2025
Williams’s œuvre is a hothouse; strange flowers often bloom there.
—Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2025
Nothing in this quiet hothouse of youthful desires, mean-girl tensions and hovering Catholic guilt qualifies as especially new terrain, but the film’s dreamy-yet-gawky carnality and honestly juvenile point of view feel fresh just the same.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 14 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hothouse
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The modifications being considered involve adding a flap to the A-post of the greenhouse, which during a 90-degree spin, increases the chances of the car staying flat to the floor by 40-50%.—
Mark Weinstein,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Apr. 2025
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Salt tolerance would have helped Deinosuchus navigate the Western Interior Seaway that once divided North America, during a greenhouse phase marked by global sea level rise.—
Mindy Weisberger,
CNN Money,
23 Apr. 2025
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In the 1940s and '50s, the Hill Country area was known as an international wool and mohair center, and Comfort’s own Adolf Stieler was called the Angora Goat King of the World.—
Amanda Ogle,
Travel + Leisure,
26 Apr. 2025
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In the aftermath, at a postpartum center in Taiwan, my husband and I tried to put ourselves back together.—
Karissa Chen,
People.com,
26 Apr. 2025
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Throughout the uneven gravel, dirt, and often muddy terrain of the nursery, workers carrying plants and pushing carts of compost and potting soil were all donning the same pair.—
Stephanie Osmanski,
Better Homes & Gardens,
23 Apr. 2025
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The years-long drive to give Florida’s nursery and farm workers landmark health protections from increasingly scorching summer heat appears to have reached a dead end.—
Ashley Miznazi,
Miami Herald,
20 Apr. 2025
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Columbia University, which became a hotbed of protests over the Israel-Hamas war last year, capitulated to a similar list of demands from the Trump administration and ousted its interim president in late March.—
Zachary Schermele,
USA Today,
15 Apr. 2025
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University poses first big obstacle in administration’s push for change For the Trump administration, Harvard presents the first major hurdle in its attempt to force change at universities that Republicans say have become hotbeds of liberalism and antisemitism.—
Collin Binkley,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Apr. 2025
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Paper Wasp nests resemble the shape of an upside-down umbrella.—
Ella Gonzales,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
18 Apr. 2025
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Sea turtles, for example, haul themselves out onto beaches during breeding season to dig nests and plop dozens of eggs into the sandy divots before returning to the waves.—
Riley Black,
Smithsonian Magazine,
17 Apr. 2025
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The pilot eventually managed to land the airplane outside Belize City after being forced to circle the airspace between northern Belize and the capital.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
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On the other side of the Nile, which runs through the capital, Babakir Khalid, 2 months old, gasped for breath.—
Declan Walsh,
New York Times,
19 Apr. 2025
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It’s headed by Rabbi Avi Weiss and Rabba Sara Hurwitz, the founders of liberal Orthodox seminaries in New York City.—
Asaf Elia-Shalev,
Sun Sentinel,
10 Mar. 2025
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Born in Poland in 1920, Karol Józef Wojtyła attended clandestine seminaries and frequented groups of intellectuals who met in secret to discuss ways of undermining Communism from within.—
Yvonnick Denoël,
airmail.news,
1 Feb. 2025
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There’s no shortage of wealth moving to Frankfurt, either, with the German city capitalizing on London’s tarnished reputation as a money-making mecca since Brexit.—
Zoë Dare Hall,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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The Neales described the Smoke Freaks headquarters as a mecca for barbecuing, grilling and smoking with 24 different pieces of equipment, from a big Texas offset smoker to 55-gallon metal drums.—
Anna Ortiz,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Apr. 2025
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“Hothouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hothouse. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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