Thesaurus results for HOT SPOT

hot spot

noun

Definition of hot spot

as in playground

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Recent Examples of hot spot The original hot spot, in Monti, a nearby neighborhood, was named one of the World’s Best Bars in 2025. — Maya Kachroo-Levine, Travel + Leisure, 30 July 2026 After nightlife impresario Eric Goode opened celebrity-meets-art-world hot spot Area, one of his many major New York City hotels and restaurants, Andy Warhol had one question for 1983’s man of the moment. — Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 29 July 2026 Capt Hirams Resort is now a hot spot for multiple events, such as live music, crab boils, shows, game nights, mystery nights, fishing tournaments and conferences about real treasure hunts off the nearby shores. — Usa Today Network, USA Today, 29 July 2026 But Hicks says Lake Pend Oreille is now a hot spot for huge northerns. — Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 23 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for hot spot

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Noun

Parents like Smith feel comfortable taking their young children to play on the playground for perhaps the first time ever.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 1 Aug. 2026
The Marina Platform on Emerald Sakara Your own private Mediterranean playground.

— Stephanie Orma, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 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

The queen lays the eggs, 1,000 a day; the drones’ sole purpose is to mate with the queen; worker bees forage for nectar and pollen, as well as build, repair, and defend the hive.

— Richard Schiffman, Christian Science Monitor, 22 July 2026
The semiotics of the badge signal a sort of hive-mind curation, a global book group that has determined that this book, of all the millions of books, is worthy of promotion.

— Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 8 July 2026

Definition of hive

Noun

Sanders is nonetheless arriving in Michigan with national Democrats more determined than ever to steer the party in a more pragmatic direction, effectively making the state ground zero for a proxy fight over progressive politics.

— David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 19 July 2026
At the time, school board meetings nationwide were ground zero for culture war battles over LGBTQ policies, wearing masks and book bans.

— Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 14 July 2026

Definition of ground zero

Noun

It’s been a long while since Washington Avenue was a glamorous hotbed of South Beach dining, clubbing and live music.

— Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 22 July 2026
But with the introduction of AI in the last few years and its implications for booking, payments, commissions and customer-management systems it’s made travel a hotbed of competition–fertile ground for modernization and investment.

— Jacques Ledbetter, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026

Definition of hotbed

Noun

This allowed traders to finance enormous commodity flows with limited equity, creating the foundations for a new model of global trading and helping establish Geneva as the operational nerve center of the industry.

— Lysanne Currie, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
In effect, the system serves as the tournament's digital nerve center, helping FIFA and Lenovo manage the complex logistics of hosting matches simultaneously across countries and cities.

— Justyn Newman, PC Magazine, 8 July 2026

Definition of nerve center

Noun

Masterson, O’Hara, Rogers and Schmidt have all raised concerns about or opposed data-center incentives.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 27 July 2026
Just over a year after getting a 30-day license suspension, a Sunny Isles Beach plastic surgery center got a permanent license revocation from the Florida Department of Health this month.

— David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 27 July 2026

Definition of center

Noun

Warsh said in the time between the two latest Fed meetings, the market has reacted to real economic data and the reduction in forward guidance from the central may have played a role in that.

— Paul Wiseman, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026
The New York Yankees are navigating a complex trade deadline, with top prospect Spencer Jones central to their decisions.

— Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026

Definition of central

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