as in center
a place or environment that favors the development of something
unwashed skin is a breeding ground for bacteria
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Recent Examples of breeding ground
Some people try to rapidly thaw a large bird with running water, but this increases the likelihood the turkey’s center will remain ice-cold while its exterior becomes a breeding ground for contaminants.
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Bradley Hohulin, The Indianapolis Star, 21 Nov. 2024
Officials attribute the crisis to heavy rains and stagnant water, ideal breeding grounds for mosquitoes and warned last month that it cannot be controlled unless residents cooperate.
—Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
For starters, you could be exposed to unfamiliar germs in crowded spaces (hello, airplane breeding ground).
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 25 Nov. 2024
For tens of thousands of years, millions of birds have flown along the Pacific Flyway from their Arctic feeding and breeding grounds in the summer, to the forests and woodlands of North, Central and South America.
—Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2024
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Bradley Hohulin, The Indianapolis Star, 21 Nov. 2024
Officials attribute the crisis to heavy rains and stagnant water, ideal breeding grounds for mosquitoes and warned last month that it cannot be controlled unless residents cooperate.
—Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
For starters, you could be exposed to unfamiliar germs in crowded spaces (hello, airplane breeding ground).
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 25 Nov. 2024
For tens of thousands of years, millions of birds have flown along the Pacific Flyway from their Arctic feeding and breeding grounds in the summer, to the forests and woodlands of North, Central and South America.
—Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for breeding ground
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Virginia Highland Books is in the center of beautiful, historic Virginia-Highlands, located on the corner of Virginia and N. Highland Avenues.American Booksellers Association, USA TODAY, 22 Dec. 2024
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Most recipes recommend an oven temperature of 250 degrees for the first several hours of cooking or about 3 1/2 to 4 hours for a bone-in roast, or until the roast reaches 115-120 degrees in the center, depending on the size of the roast.Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 21 Dec. 2024
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Over 1,000 trees were grown at a nursery in Italy to be used throughout the six hectare landscape.Amy Rose Dobson, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
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Photo : Molly Culver One bedroom connects to a nursery.Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 19 Dec. 2024
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Most Unusual Feature: The rising crow’s nest that lifts above the yacht.Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 23 Dec. 2024
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Takahe are monogamous, forming long-term pair bonds, and raise a single chick per season, carefully guarding their nests hidden in dense vegetation.Scott Travers, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
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Meanwhile, the de facto administrative capital of Sejong in central South Korea is the youngest with just 11.57 percent being elderly.Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 25 Dec. 2024
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Hanukkah celebrates Jews’ successful assertion of their right to live freely in their ancestral homeland with Jerusalem as its capital, and warns that without Israel, Jews cannot be truly free anywhere.Jon Levin, National Review, 25 Dec. 2024
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“Breeding ground.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/breeding%20ground. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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