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'hotbed' is a correct and usable word in written English.
It is a noun that is used to describe a situation or place that is extremely conducive for the development of an activity. For example, "The Silicon Valley is a hotbed of technology and innovation."
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hotbed
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A low bed of earth covered with glass, and heated with rotting manure; used for the germination of seeds and the growth of tender plants. A hotbed works as a miniature hothouse, i.e. greenhouse.
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Don't even ask how much," Archibald explains, speaking this week from that hotbed of international finance, the Shyberry Excelsior stadium in Airdrie.
The Des Moines neighborhood is known locally as "Obamadale", after it became a hotbed of energised support that grew for Obama in the months leading up to the 2008 caucus.
It had been lashed in the media this year as an Islamic enclave, unwelcoming to outsiders and a hotbed of extremism – but what do residents think?
Israel's position as a hotbed of hi-tech start-ups is due in part to decades of circumventing Arab boycotts.
At this point, mothers accompanying young offenders often start crying.Jersey is no hotbed of liberalism.
The African church is no hotbed of liberalism.
FOR many foreigners, events in Lahore, the capital of Punjab province, on March 3rd confirmed their view of Pakistan as a hotbed of terrorism.
This contrasts with the bulldozing approach of Durk Jager, who tried to turn Procter & Gamble, an American rival, into a hotbed of innovation in his first 18 months as chief executive and ended up merely sowing confusion, raising costs and losing his job.
"Are we here to talk or to drink?" he asks sternly.Back to top >>FridayESTONIA has been a hotbed of freemarket thinking, home of the flat tax, deregulation and privatisation in a way that puts other ex-communist economies to shame.
A particular favourite is Fazluddin Agha, governor of Panjwa'i district, once a centre of al-Qaeda and Taliban activity, and a hotbed of insurgent violence.
But as a hotbed of new technology it is a million miles away, not even on the same map.
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