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as in greenhouse
a glass-enclosed building for growing plants
grows tomatoes in his hothouse all winter long
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as in center
a place or environment that favors the development of something
an urban enclave of bohemians that acquired a reputation for being a hothouse of creativity
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Recent Examples of hothouse
Later on, much of the show’s visual language—muted color emerging from an underpainting of chalky grays—depends on an aura of wild urban unpredictability: Chicago as a hothouse of violent horrors and dark insinuations.
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Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 26 July 2024
Pia’s hothouse disaffection makes the idea of political action—a homemade bomb, an act of sabotage—irresistible.
—Chloe Schama, Vogue, 18 July 2024
And social media amplified that and created this hothouse atmosphere online that has given us all of these different things including crypto and including day trading, but also Donald Trump.
—Leo Schwartz, Fortune, 10 June 2024
Winehouse is also the opposite of a hothouse flower, standing up to her management company and record execs and TV show hosts like Jonathan Ross and anyone who tries to reduce her to some easily categorizable, disposable commercial flavor of the moment.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 14 May 2024
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Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 26 July 2024
Pia’s hothouse disaffection makes the idea of political action—a homemade bomb, an act of sabotage—irresistible.
—Chloe Schama, Vogue, 18 July 2024
And social media amplified that and created this hothouse atmosphere online that has given us all of these different things including crypto and including day trading, but also Donald Trump.
—Leo Schwartz, Fortune, 10 June 2024
Winehouse is also the opposite of a hothouse flower, standing up to her management company and record execs and TV show hosts like Jonathan Ross and anyone who tries to reduce her to some easily categorizable, disposable commercial flavor of the moment.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 14 May 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hothouse
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Fatima stabs Tilly when the old woman tries to comfort her in the greenhouse.Erik Kain, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
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Back in the greenhouse, Hynson cultivates the microbes present in a dummy grass host.Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Oct. 2024
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European Wax Center continues to focus on maintaining its brand position and ensuring consistent service delivery across its network of centers.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 15 Nov. 2024
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The 725,000-square-foot center underwent an extensive renovation beginning in 2008.Adrian Rodriguez, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
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Offshore is one of the world’s largest underwater nurseries that use mineral accretion technology, or MAT, a weak electrical current that causes limestone to collect on frames, which encourages coral to grow up to three times faster.Betsy Andrews, Travel + Leisure, 30 Oct. 2024
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Karen worked as a nurse, while Geoff was a fitter While Liam was growing up in Wolverhampton, Karen worked as a nursery nurse, and Geoff was a fitter, someone who puts together or installs machinery.Rebecca Aizin, People.com, 17 Oct. 2024
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Those schools were, according to former pupils, hotbeds of cruelty and child abuse — an independent investigation in 2005 found evidence of criminal assault at the boys’ school in the 1970s and ’80s — as well as highly traditionalist values.Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
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Pakistani counterterrorist forces maintain a strong presence in the Swat valley, which has long been a hotbed of Islamist militant insurgency.Mushtaq Yusufzai, NBC News, 22 Sep. 2024
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Granite can be of various colors, dotted with the black mica nests.David Bressan, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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The ways dinosaurs grew up, reproduced and made nests used to be treated as mysteries, Manias notes, but now can be presented in detail.Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Oct. 2024
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Israel has repeatedly battered strongholds of Lebanese armed group Hezbollah in the southern suburbs of the capital Beirut.Reuters, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
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The race for the seat in the 7th District, which is anchored by Lansing but covers suburban and rural areas stretching out from the state capital, was considered one of the most competitive congressional contests in Michigan, if not nationally, headed into the election season.Todd Spangler, Detroit Free Press, 6 Nov. 2024
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At the Illinois seminary, Listecki was Grob's professor for a moral theology class.Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 4 Nov. 2024
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Established last year, Nazareth is described by the diocese as Arizona’s first full-fledged Catholic seminary.Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 3 Oct. 2024
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Those who love thrifting will also find the city a mecca for preloved vintage goods.Jennifer Prince, Southern Living, 19 Oct. 2024
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The Detroit museum has been a mecca for everyone from Snoop Dogg to Metallica.Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 27 Oct. 2024
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“Hothouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hothouse. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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