as in center
a place or environment that favors the development of something
prerevolutionary Boston was viewed as a hotbed of treason by the British
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Recent Examples of hotbed
Harvard University will provide additional protections for Jewish students under a settlement announced on Tuesday that resolves two lawsuits accusing the Ivy League school of becoming a hotbed of rampant antisemitism.
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Jonathan Stempel, USA TODAY, 22 Jan. 2025
Fairhope is a hotbed of Alabama and Auburn fans, but many in the town of 25,000 will be pulling for Notre Dame on Monday night.
—Grace Raynor, The Athletic, 18 Jan. 2025
During Trump's first term, the committee became a hotbed of partisanship as its powers were used to assist the then-president.
—arkansasonline.com, 16 Jan. 2025
Meanwhile, in the years since their departure, their home state of Jalisco, Mexico,has become a hotbed of cartel activity.
—Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN, 15 Jan. 2025
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Jonathan Stempel, USA TODAY, 22 Jan. 2025
Fairhope is a hotbed of Alabama and Auburn fans, but many in the town of 25,000 will be pulling for Notre Dame on Monday night.
—Grace Raynor, The Athletic, 18 Jan. 2025
During Trump's first term, the committee became a hotbed of partisanship as its powers were used to assist the then-president.
—arkansasonline.com, 16 Jan. 2025
Meanwhile, in the years since their departure, their home state of Jalisco, Mexico,has become a hotbed of cartel activity.
—Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN, 15 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hotbed
Noun
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Rather than making call centers obsolete, AI is set to redefine the role of human agents.—
Danny Asnani,
Forbes,
25 Feb. 2025
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The center warns beachgoers to not interact with the animals on the beach and instead contact their team for help with distressed animals.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr.,
USA TODAY,
25 Feb. 2025
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The Nashville metropolitan area has a population of about 2 million people and has long been a center for music and a mecca for tourism, but has also evolved into a tech hub and a magnet for world-class hotels and music streaming companies.—
David Moin,
WWD,
29 Jan. 2025
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But how did stars such as A$AP Rocky and Pharrell stumble upon the store, especially given Tokyo is a mecca for vintage?—
Christian Allaire,
Vogue,
6 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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“Hotbed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hotbed. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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