hotbed
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6.5
- noun
- /ˈhɑːtˌbɛd/
- Informal
:
caldo de cultivo
- Recently, the region has turned into a hotbed of political unrest, drawing international attention.
- a hotbed of opposition
But like, you know, there's a hotbed for extremism going on for sure.
- But like, you know, there's a hotbed for extremism going on for sure.
- And Columbia in his telling, is a hotbed of anti-Semitism.
- Is is a hotbed of of political intrigue.
- Atlanta is a hotbed of special effects makeup.
- And so Kansas became a hotbed for the first arrival of these nuclear weapons.
- So this is this is just really an example of the kind of hotbed that this place is for ideas turning into action.
- And we have a massive problem, particularly here in America with prisons where, you know, these these are hotbeds of infection.
- Yet one prominent news network covered the visit under the banner headline Obama's trip to Kenya, a Terror hotbed.
- Paris is going to become a hotbed for this down the line.
- This is this is a hotbed of facts.
- The Getty Villa is this sort of, you know, hotbed of Greek and Roman antiquities, right?
- This is really, this is, you know, this is a hotbed really for homosexuality and adult gay.
- Outside of the Middle East, the Horn of Africa was a particularly big hotbed.
- So Andrew, I think that the BBC is just a hotbed of you've got to be in the club to work there.
Examples
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Between Wright and Hemingway alone, Oak Park was an artistic hotbed about 100 years ago.
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Filled with countless racing fans, this city is a hotbed for amateur and college sports.
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In the coming years, India will be a hotbed for such technologies.
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What was once a mostly European idea has now become a hotbed for sustainable innovation across the U.S.
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Northern Virginia, where I live, just outside of Washington, is now becoming one of the real hotbeds of information technology.
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America in 1975 was a hotbed of activism.
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I will mention that one of the hotbeds of Go development was the University of Alberta in Edmonton.
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Most scientists are socialized into their professions through laboratories, which are hotbeds of collaboration.
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The city has become a hotbed of new tech startups and innovation.
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This neighborhood is known as a hotbed for the spread of new music trends.
Synonyms
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5.6
A place where political unrest may lead to violence
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7.5
A situation where trouble or violence can start suddenly
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3.7
A place where problems or fighting happen often
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3.6
A place where things start and grow, often causing trouble like crime or fake news
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8.3
A place or situation likely to become suddenly violent because of tensions
An intense environment that pushes people or projects to develop very quickly
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Etymology
Hotbed is also used for any place where something, often something bad, develops quickly. This meaning comes from the garden idea: a warm bed made plants 'grow' fast, so people began to call places where crime, ideas, or new businesses spread quickly a hotbed.