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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 epicenters
The epicenters were about 82 miles apart, with the Onagawa quake occurring around 235 miles northeast of Tokyo and the Tomioka quake about 154 miles from the capital.
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Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
Most of the mpox cases in the DRC emerged in regions affected by armed conflict and turned these communities into epicenters of unchecked disease transmission.
—Jean Kaseya, Time, 20 Aug. 2025
Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
Most of the mpox cases in the DRC emerged in regions affected by armed conflict and turned these communities into epicenters of unchecked disease transmission.
—Jean Kaseya, Time, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for epicenters
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As enterprises pour capital into AI infrastructure, chips and data centers, cash flow is being squeezed.—
John Walsh III,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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Jim is alluding to the fact that Intel’s CPUs have a big presence in enterprise data centers, a different market than the data centers operated by cloud-computing providers.—
Paulina Likos,
CNBC,
19 Sep. 2025
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Test yourself on melon meccas and revolutionary roots in this week's American Culture Quiz.—
Staff,
FOXNews.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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The summer pastures near Prospect Mountain feature fisheries, expansive water rights dating back to the early 1900s, and rock-climbing meccas.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
19 Aug. 2025
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But despite limitations on the number of flights United could fly at one of its key hubs, the airline was able to offer passengers more seats in and out of Newark than in the past by using larger aircrafts.—
Aaron Cooper,
CNN Money,
16 Sep. 2025
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China has developed regional hubs in Shanghai, Beijing, Chengdu, Xi’an, Guangzhou, Jinan, and elsewhere to bring academic, government, and private researchers together.—
Eric Berger,
ArsTechnica,
16 Sep. 2025
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The special interests in state capitals fight ferociously against property tax relief.—
Stephen Moore,
Boston Herald,
19 Sep. 2025
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The sport was invented in the 1920s in Laguna Beach, but Delaware has become one of skimming’s unofficial capitals on the East Coast.—
Nicholas DeRenzo,
AFAR Media,
16 Sep. 2025
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One of the main focuses is breeding coral species that are more resilient to future heat waves, O'Neil said.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
3 Sep. 2025
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Safety and tech integration appear to be key focuses.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Epicenters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/epicenters. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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