hot spot

noun

Definition of hot spotnext
as in playground

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Recent Examples of hot spot Local authorities are trying to capitalize on The Odyssey buzz to turn the tiny Mediterranean island into a tourist hot spot. — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 5 Aug. 2026 Monday’s return includes Cap Ferret peninsula, a tourist hot spot along the Atlantic coast, and Le Porge, the municipality hardest hit by the fire, where 183 homes were destroyed. — Derek Gatopoulos, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2026 Authorities kept the affluent, forested Cap Ferret peninsula mostly empty because a nearby hot spot could flare again, threatening its limited road access and trapping residents and tourists. — Thomas Adamson, Fortune, 1 Aug. 2026 Leaders at Pima County’s Council on Aging have noted the area is a hot spot for older retirees. — Taylor Seely, USA Today, 1 Aug. 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
  • Twin earthquakes in June shattered Venezuela’s coastal state of La Guaira, transforming a Caribbean playground into a landscape of ruin and grief.
    — Mery Mogollón, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026
  • The developer modified its fencing proposal after concerns that apartments would be visible from the school’s playground.
    — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 13 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
  • Carlos Manuel Vesga submitted the Pluribus episode where Manousos treks up through South America while accepting no help from the hive members, a showcase of defiant pride and a good bit of physically demanding work.
    — Joe Reid, Vulture, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Because the hive-minded beings communicate telepathically, re-recording mixer Larry Benjamin explained that the world often becomes unnaturally quiet, forcing the sound team to rethink where tension and comedy originate.
    — Deadline, Deadline, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of hive
Noun
  • Florida is ground zero for climate change, but politicians and the news media ignore the facts.
    — Ticked Off, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Kathe Conlon, who is advocating for better 9/11 memorial care, helped search for victims on ground zero nearly 25 years ago.
    — Adi Guajardo, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of ground zero
Noun
  • Jacquet was raised in the Ile‑de‑France region in greater Paris, a hotbed for talent.
    — Gregg Evans, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026
  • 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
Definition of hotbed
Noun
  • Davis came of age at a time when the political nerve center of Broward was the creaky old county courthouse on the banks of the New River.
    — Steve Bousquet, Sun Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2026
  • This is Rio’s Integrated Command and Control Center, or CICC, the state security forces’ technological nerve center.
    — Constance Malleret, Christian Science Monitor, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of nerve center
Noun
  • Balancing functionality with the brand’s house codes, the bag features two spacious compartments and a zippered one in the center.
    — Talia Abbas, Vogue, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Sunday marked the grand opening of the center's Community Baby Closet, which offers resources such as diapers, wipes, newborn clothing, baby gear and postpartum supplies.
    — Christa Swanson, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of center
Noun
  • Blazars, like the one central to this study, designated PKS 2233-148, have long been proposed to be the cosmic particle accelerators that blast out neutrinos.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Some of the areas include the combat information center, message center (radio central), forward main engine room, boiler room, aircraft elevator machinery room, arresting gear engine room and more.
    — Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of central

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“Hot spot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hot%20spot. Accessed 22 Aug. 2026.

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