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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
After all, kitchen towels are a breeding ground for bacteria, and heat is known to kill bacteria.
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Katelyn Squiers, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Feb. 2025
And though police have only had one suspect in their sights for decades, the murders remain a breeding ground for conspiracy theories and local legends.
—Sean Neumann, People.com, 25 Jan. 2025
The seals live off the southern California and Pacific coast of Mexico and will travel far distances from their breeding grounds.
—Brooke Baitinger, Sacramento Bee, 14 Jan. 2025
Their breeding grounds are said to be off Jamaica to the northeastern Caribbean and down to Brazil.
—Jon Chapman, Miami Herald, 14 Jan. 2025
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Katelyn Squiers, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Feb. 2025
And though police have only had one suspect in their sights for decades, the murders remain a breeding ground for conspiracy theories and local legends.
—Sean Neumann, People.com, 25 Jan. 2025
The seals live off the southern California and Pacific coast of Mexico and will travel far distances from their breeding grounds.
—Brooke Baitinger, Sacramento Bee, 14 Jan. 2025
Their breeding grounds are said to be off Jamaica to the northeastern Caribbean and down to Brazil.
—Jon Chapman, Miami Herald, 14 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for breeding ground
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The center, founded by MarySue Lindsay, a teacher and principal for 20 years, will start its standard hours and operations Tuesday, Feb. 18.—
Ashley Mackin Solomon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Feb. 2025
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Most garden centers sell succulent or cactus potting mix blends.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
11 Feb. 2025
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Each stay includes daily meals and snacks, childcare and postpartum classes, and access to a nursery and luxurious mothers’ lounge.—
Dominique Fluker,
Essence,
11 Feb. 2025
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Dyment was instrumental in fundraising for the construction of new buildings, including a state-of-the-art nursery and an event space, which was recently expanded to include an outdoor patio.—
Lou Ponsi,
Orange County Register,
11 Feb. 2025
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Turtles likely remember magnetic conditioning for a much longer duration, Goforth noted, since most loggerheads leave their nesting beach as hatchlings and return around 20 years later to lay their first nest.—
Julianna Bragg,
CNN,
12 Feb. 2025
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His son, John, 18, and daughter, Elizabeth, quickly returned to the nest.—
Mara Bovsun,
New York Daily News,
9 Feb. 2025
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Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and foreign affairs adviser Yuri Ushakov will fly to the Saudi capital later in the day.—
Matthew Lee,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Feb. 2025
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The journalists traveled to Haiti to show the grim extent of the devastation and barbarism wrought by the gang warfare that has sown chaos in the country’s capital, Port-au-Prince.—
Katie Robertson,
New York Times,
17 Feb. 2025
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“Breeding ground.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/breeding%20ground. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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