as in center
a thing or place that is of greatest importance to an activity or interest
that region of Connecticut is a mecca for antique hunters
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Recent Examples of mecca
Next Generation Of Filmmakers The fest expanded, evolving into a mecca for music and documentaries, first-time and international directors, attracting ticket buyers from the community and a growing industry following.
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Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 3 June 2026
Don’t Count on It Computex is a mecca for the classic desktop PC.
—Brian Westover, PC Magazine, 28 May 2026
As anyone who's come within a hundred miles of the city will tell you, Nashville is a live-music mecca, overflowing with boot-stomping, fiddle-playing entertainment.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 24 May 2026
Once the snow melts, the resort transforms into a downhill mountain biking mecca featuring more than 80 miles of singletrack.
—Sharael Kolberg, Travel + Leisure, 12 May 2026
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Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 3 June 2026
Don’t Count on It Computex is a mecca for the classic desktop PC.
—Brian Westover, PC Magazine, 28 May 2026
As anyone who's come within a hundred miles of the city will tell you, Nashville is a live-music mecca, overflowing with boot-stomping, fiddle-playing entertainment.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 24 May 2026
Once the snow melts, the resort transforms into a downhill mountain biking mecca featuring more than 80 miles of singletrack.
—Sharael Kolberg, Travel + Leisure, 12 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mecca
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The 88 apartments in the Metropolitan are 91% rented, according to a listing for the property by the Zacuto Group, which also touts its roof deck with pool, fitness center and barbecue grills.—
Roger Vincent,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
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Oprah Winfrey, Tom Hanks and Stevie Wonder were a few big names at the Obama center opening ceremony.—
Kinsey Crowley,
USA Today,
19 June 2026
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Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!—
Wendy Naugle,
USA Today,
13 June 2026
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Other major Filipino American hubs in the Bay Area include Union City and Vallejo.—
Ryan Macasero,
Mercury News,
13 June 2026
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The president's team also repaired fountains throughout the city, tore down the White House's East Wing to make way for a ballroom, attempted to close the Kennedy Center for renovations, and drew up plans for a gigantic triumphal arch across the river from the capital in Virginia.—
Joe Walsh,
CBS News,
19 June 2026
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Orbán was in the Belgian capital to take part in a Thursday summit of his Patriots for Europe party group, a collection of far-right parties from across the bloc that forms the third-largest caucus in the European Parliament.—
Justin Spike,
Los Angeles Times,
18 June 2026
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After the road trip, Washington, then 73, stepped aside from his managerial duties indefinitely before undergoing quadruple bypass heart surgery.—
Stephen J. Nesbitt,
New York Times,
16 June 2026
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The findings, the latest in a growing body of research about the vaccine’s benefits for heart health, suggest such benefits observed in earlier studies have persisted for years.—
Daniel Wu,
Washington Post,
16 June 2026
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Amesh Adalja, a senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, says the current outbreak shows what consequences of that narrower focus have been and why rarer Ebola species cannot be ignored.—
Paul Adepoju,
Scientific American,
14 June 2026
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As firms scale, governance, incentives, and legacy practices shift focus from customer value and human flourishing.—
Steve Denning,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2026
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“Mecca.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mecca. Accessed 19 Jun. 2026.
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