breeding ground
noun
1
: the place to which animals go to breed
2
: a place or set of circumstances suitable for or favorable to growth and development
hurricane breeding grounds
Examples of breeding ground in a Sentence
a breeding ground for seals
The Gulf of Mexico is a breeding ground for hurricanes.
The company's casual atmosphere serves as a breeding ground for innovation.
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By nature, factory farms are breeding grounds for disease, where zoonotic pathogens that can be transmitted between animals and humans can proliferate.
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William Lambers, Newsweek, 10 Mar. 2025
Meetings are breeding grounds for nonsense.
—Lieke Ten Brummelhuis, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
Jessica Gephart, a fisheries-science professor at the University of Washington, explained that the Saya de Malha Bank is a breeding ground for humpback and blue whales that can be injured or killed by ship collisions.
—Ian Urbina, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2025
An estimated 80 percent of all sandhill cranes in North America flock to a 75-mile stretch of the Platte River during their annual journey to their northern breeding grounds, according to the Nature Conservancy.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
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William Lambers, Newsweek, 10 Mar. 2025
Meetings are breeding grounds for nonsense.
—Lieke Ten Brummelhuis, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
Jessica Gephart, a fisheries-science professor at the University of Washington, explained that the Saya de Malha Bank is a breeding ground for humpback and blue whales that can be injured or killed by ship collisions.
—Ian Urbina, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2025
An estimated 80 percent of all sandhill cranes in North America flock to a 75-mile stretch of the Platte River during their annual journey to their northern breeding grounds, according to the Nature Conservancy.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for breeding ground
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“Breeding ground.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/breeding%20ground. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.
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