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hub

noun

ˈhəb

Definition of hub

as in center

a thing or place that is of greatest importance to an activity or interest Broadway is the hub of theater life in New York

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Recent Examples of hub It's celebrated as an opportunity for southeast Iowa, an area along the Mississippi River that once thrived as a hub for industry but has since suffered from shuttered facilities and dwindled populations. — ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026 It’s celebrated as an opportunity for southeast Iowa, an area along the Mississippi River that once thrived as a hub for industry but has since suffered from shuttered facilities and dwindled populations. — Hannah Fingerhut, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026 Finally, the chips went to a Chinese firm based in Hangzhou, the FBI alleged, which The Wall Street Journal last year described as China’s AI hub. — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 2 Oct. 2026 There are plans to launch a successor to the Home Assistant Green hub that will be easier to set up. — Jennifer Pattison Tuohy, The Verge, 2 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for hub

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Noun

For years, hospitals have been buying and building outpatient centers, and then funneling more care to them.

— Bob Herman, STAT, 5 Oct. 2026
An institution built explicitly to neutralize biological catastrophes is now at the center of one.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of center

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Named for the massive cliffs that stretch across 32 miles of shoreline, Calvert Cliffs is also a mecca for fossil hunters.

— Katie Riley, Southern Living, 20 Sep. 2026
But for lovers of all things sweet and creamy, Cheesecake Funk is today a veritable mecca for those in the know.

— David Farley, Bon Appetit Magazine, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of mecca

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Otthon Centrum analyst Gábor Soóki-Tóth said Tihany is one of the most expensive places in Hungary to buy a vacation property — with prices outstripping those in the nation's capital.

— Lucy Handley, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026
Devin Jacob Ballard, 20, who is stationed at Futenma Air Station, on suspicion of strangling Anna Yagi, 39, at a hotel in the island's capital city, Naha, early Saturday and stealing her wallet and backpack.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of capital

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Having said her piece, Lisa is fully checked out — putting her focus on lining her lips for as long as this takes, so much so that Angie calls her out for the nervous tick.

— Tom Smyth, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2026
These approaches test reason, rather than the output focus of most assignments.

— Reynald Fasciaux, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2026

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