as in center
a thing or place that is of greatest importance to an activity or interest
Broadway is the hub of theater life in New York
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Recent Examples of hub
Those initiatives underline Canada having to balance supporting regional production hubs for Hollywood producers embracing generous tax credits and currency savings, while also pushing for more local content creation with aid from larger foreign players active in the Canadian market.
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Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 20 Mar. 2026
For generations the city has been a hub of Black music plagued by rampant whitewashing and swagger jacking.
—Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 20 Mar. 2026
Officials say the group funnels funds to Gaza that directly support Hamas and its military wing, the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, and serves as a financial hub and headquarters for the Muslim Brotherhood.
—Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 20 Mar. 2026
Buffalo Bros in Sundance Square is often considered the city’s central hub for big matches.
—Taylor Haught, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Mar. 2026
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Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 20 Mar. 2026
For generations the city has been a hub of Black music plagued by rampant whitewashing and swagger jacking.
—Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 20 Mar. 2026
Officials say the group funnels funds to Gaza that directly support Hamas and its military wing, the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, and serves as a financial hub and headquarters for the Muslim Brotherhood.
—Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 20 Mar. 2026
Buffalo Bros in Sundance Square is often considered the city’s central hub for big matches.
—Taylor Haught, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hub
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Voikietaitis' dominance was a theme all night as the sophomore center from Lithuania grabbed as many rebounds (11) as the Cougars had as a team in the first half.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
20 Mar. 2026
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Already the conflict has seen hundreds killed, with a blast at a drug rehabilitation center in Kabul on March 16, 2026, killing more than 400 people, according to Afghanistan’s Taliban government.—
Rabia Akhtar,
The Conversation,
20 Mar. 2026
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The tech mecca has slowly begun to emerge from one of the country’s deepest declines in downtown retail, in part through a program that peppered the city with subsidized pop-up shops.—
Roger Vincent,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Mar. 2026
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Each January, that stillness is interrupted by the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting, transforming a quiet alpine town, Davos, into a mecca of power.—
Victoria Bousis,
Rolling Stone,
9 Mar. 2026
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Activists reported hearing strikes around Iran's capital.—
DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE STAFF FROM WIRE REPORTS,
Arkansas Online,
20 Mar. 2026
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This includes an erstwhile Democrat who spent considerable time and political capital on the issue.—
W. James Antle III,
The Washington Examiner,
20 Mar. 2026
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Decades of focus on low orbit and deep-space scientific discoveries have colored people’s view of what NASA does.—
Sarah D. Wire,
USA Today,
23 Mar. 2026
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Obi Anyadike is Senior Africa Editor at The New Humanitarian, with a focus on violent extremism.—
Obi Anyadike,
semafor.com,
23 Mar. 2026
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“Hub.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hub. Accessed 26 Mar. 2026.
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