hot spot

noun

Definition of hot spotnext
as in playground

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Recent Examples of hot spot Jean, Philadelphia Chef Evan Snyder and managing partner Julian van der Tak have created a sensation in the City of Brotherly Love with their Mediterranean hot spot Emmett. — Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 8 Sep. 2026 Picturesque views of the surrounding Casco Bay are abundant, and its consistently excellent food scene has made the city a culinary hot spot for the ages. — Lori Keong, Architectural Digest, 7 Sep. 2026 Continue reading … HOLIDAY HAZARD — Travelers warned of drink-spiking robberies and kidnappings at vacation hot spot. — FOXNews.com, 2 Sep. 2026 Additionally, Uma Thurman, who is returning to the series as Charley, was spotted in the tourist hot spot shooting Tuesday. — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for hot spot
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hot spot
  1. playground
  2. happy hunting ground
  3. hive
  4. ground zero
  5. hotbed
  6. nerve center
  7. center
  8. central
Noun
  • An open lot filled with playground equipment is located directly across from Shank’s porch.
    — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Investigators say Langford drove away and sold the cocaine to a confidential informant and returned to the playground and field with the money.
    — Jennifer Borrasso, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of playground
Noun
  • Brighton need three points to stay within touching distance of Bournemouth above them, but Elland Road might not be a happy hunting ground for the visitors.
    — Graham Ruthven, New York Times, 15 May 2026
  • The Gtech Community Stadium has not been a happy hunting ground for Chelsea in recent years, having failed to win in any of their last three visits to the ground.
    — Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Sep. 2025
Definition of happy hunting ground
Noun
  • At a teaching apiary in College Park, bees returning to the hive with tiny granules of pollen on their legs tell her something about what is happening inside.
    — Jamal Goss, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026
  • The new appendage lets humans using Beewise’s Beehome monitoring system remotely care for the colony without needing to go to a hive that might be up to 100 acres away from the farmhouse.
    — Rachel Sacks, Time, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of hive
Noun
  • Tarrant County is ground zero for a blue wave in Texas, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gina Hinojosa said at a Tuesday night get-out-the-vote rally in Lake Worth.
    — Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Others were dismayed when, in 2008, Hellerstein ended an effort to force New York City government to keep searching for human remains in debris moved from ground zero to a Staten Island landfill.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of ground zero
Noun
  • Aside from having great weather, California is also a hotbed for innovation, Huang has reasoned.
    — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026
  • The Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show is a reliable hotbed of A-list talent, from the fashion world and beyond—and this year’s event was no exception.
    — Emma Specter, Vogue, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of hotbed
Noun
  • GLP-1s touch nerve centers of US healthcare politics, from populist fury at big insurers and pharmaceutical companies to worries about government spending and a growing awareness of the toll of chronic illness.
    — Ben Smith, semafor.com, 29 Oct. 2026
  • The corporate nerve center is clad in the company palette of muted grays and bright-red accents.
    — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of nerve center
Noun
  • Sequenced at the center of a three-track medley, its death-dream logic deliberately evokes the SMiLE era’s dark, confusing edge.
    — Ryan Meehan, Pitchfork, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Amid the deadlock, Hinson is making her own play for the center.
    — Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of center
Noun
  • That responsibility makes trial and error central to his work with Berger.
    — Ben Croll, Variety, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Casar told reporters the city has seen an ICE surge come to Austin, particularly in north-central Austin, where Sunday’s shooting occurred.
    — Eduardo Cuevas, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of central

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