Thesaurus results for HOTBEDS

hotbeds

noun

plural of hotbed

as in centers

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 hotbeds That’s quite a claim from a man who oversees one of the world’s most prolific hotbeds of anti-vaccine conspiracism. — Will Oremus, The Atlantic, 12 Aug. 2026 However, Canada’s success at the World Cup could lead to even more interest in soccer in traditional hockey hotbeds. — Shelby Blackley, New York Times, 4 July 2026 India leads the way population-wise, but other South Asian countries, as well as Great Britain and Commonwealth countries like Australia and New Zealand, are also cricket hotbeds. — Christian Babcock, Mercury News, 23 June 2026 Microblogging and social networking platforms like Tumblr and MySpace became hotbeds for advice on disordered eating. — Jordyn Tovey, The Conversation, 22 May 2026 Big cities are hotbeds of outsourcing. — Elaine Pofeldt, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026 Though separated by roughly 2,200 miles (3,547 kilometers) and an international border, the two newest markets meet various league expansion criteria, including being hotbeds for female hockey development. — John Wawrow, Chicago Tribune, 13 May 2026 These vessels have been notorious hotbeds for the spread of other infectious diseases, such as COVID-19 and norovirus. — Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 5 May 2026 Sonja Shaw Shaw is the Chino Valley Unified School District board president and a Republican activist who emerged as a major player in the COVID-era parental rights movement as conservative families grew concerned that public schools were becoming hotbeds of leftist indoctrination. — Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 22 Apr. 2026

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Noun

Much of Modi’s comedy centers on differences between various kinds of Jews, a friction that elicits knowing laughters from his (largely, but not wholly) Jewish audience.

— Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 27 Oct. 2026
In 2012, as part of a nationwide cost-cutting move, the Postal Service closed the mail processing centers in Fort Lauderdale and Pembroke Pines and shifted the work sorting Broward’s mail to the Opa-locka center in Miami-Dade County.

— Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of centers

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Food meccas include Pier 57 (hit Nom Wah for legendary dim sum, or LoLo’s on the Water for the fish fry) and, of course, Chelsea Market (try Miznon’s pita cheeseburger and roasted cauliflower, and Ayada’s mango sticky rice).

— The New Yorker, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2026
Instead of meccas or meeting places for diehard fans, live sporting events try to position themselves as major cultural moments.

— Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2026

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As for where to purchase both milkweed and nectar-producing plants, Sardiñas recommended checking out Calscape, a website by the California Native Plant Society, for help finding local nurseries that sell native plants.

— Anne Ewbank, Sacbee.com, 24 Oct. 2026
Other garden bits Fall plant sales abound Now is the perfect time to procure new plants, as gardens and nurseries across Southern California are hosting plant sales over the coming weeks.

— Pedro Moura, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026

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Amir Levy/Getty Rather than serve in the military, most ultra-Orthodox men study full-time in religious seminaries.

— Dov Lieber, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026
The earnings test applies to thousands of programs at schools ranging from professional certificates to arts programs at elite universities and seminaries.

— Ira Porter, Christian Science Monitor, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of seminaries

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This species has an unusual form of social organization known as unicoloniality, in which ants from different nests cooperate rather than fight.

— Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2026
Thankfully, these aren't the nests of some colossal moon-dwelling arachnids, but streaks of bright material cast across the lunar surface by the violent impacts that created the bright young craters.

— Anthony Wood, Space.com, 24 Oct. 2026

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