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a thing or place that is of greatest importance to an activity or interest
by continually reinventing itself, Las Vegas has managed to remain a national epicenter for entertainment
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Recent Examples of epicenter
The quake, which hit early Thursday local time, had depth of nearly 22 miles and its epicenter was 79 miles west-northwest of Ternate, Indonesia, the USGS said.
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CBS News, 1 Apr. 2026
Palo Alto at that time was also the epicenter of the fledgling computer industry and the innovative band was at the very core of the evolution of the computer.
—Mike Hanlon
march 22, New Atlas, 22 Mar. 2026
Set the scene As the Duke City’s 300-year-old founding neighborhood, Old Town is an epicenter for Albuquerque’s heritage and evolution from a Spanish settlement to a city.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Mar. 2026
Thousands have fled Tehran, the epicenter of the attacks.
—Cora Engelbrecht, New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2026
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CBS News, 1 Apr. 2026
Palo Alto at that time was also the epicenter of the fledgling computer industry and the innovative band was at the very core of the evolution of the computer.
—Mike Hanlon
march 22, New Atlas, 22 Mar. 2026
Set the scene As the Duke City’s 300-year-old founding neighborhood, Old Town is an epicenter for Albuquerque’s heritage and evolution from a Spanish settlement to a city.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Mar. 2026
Thousands have fled Tehran, the epicenter of the attacks.
—Cora Engelbrecht, New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for epicenter
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Texas had subbed 7-foot center Matas Vokietaitis out of the game with 11 seconds left after Boilermakers big man Oscar Cluff had fouled out, giving Purdue a better opportunity in the paint.—
Janie McCauley,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Mar. 2026
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The Gators now await NBA decisions from Condon, small forward Thomas Haugh and center Rueben Chinyelu, three juniors who formed one of the nation’s top frontcourts alongside with 7-foot-1 senior reserve Micah Handlogten.—
Edgar Thompson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 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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Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!—
Anthony Robledo,
USA Today,
28 Mar. 2026
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The New Yorker reviewed more than a dozen unclassified documents about ICE-tracking apps, many of them created by fusion centers—intelligence hubs created after 9/11 to share information about criminal and terrorist threats.—
Oriana van Praag,
New Yorker,
28 Mar. 2026
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An open-air concert in the middle of a capital city inverts all of that.—
Yook JiHun,
Popular Science,
26 Mar. 2026
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The thousands of blooming cherry trees that adorn the nation's capital have burst into ephemeral blossoms, the arrival of which marks the unofficial beginning of Washington's tourist season.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
26 Mar. 2026
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“Epicenter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/epicenter. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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