Howard Jacobson

Show me a university which is a hotbed of thin-skinned offence-taking, where every unacceptable idea is policed and every person who happens to hold one is hounded out of a job, and I will show you a university that isn't a university but an ideological prison camp and indoctrination centre.

British Novelist

Ben Shapiro

There is no greater way to ensure that universities remain a hotbed of leftist thought than to guarantee that professors knight their own successors. But that's basically how the Ph.D. system works, with sitting professors approving the work of would-be professors.

American Author

Linus Torvalds

I've actually found the image of Silicon Valley as a hotbed of money-grubbing tech people to be pretty false, but maybe that's because the people I hang out with are all really engineers.

Finnish Businessman

Michael Greger

High levels of stress can lead to weakened immunity, rendering animals much more susceptible to disease. This makes the average poultry factory farm a hotbed for outbreaks of avian flu.

Jack Antonoff

At least for me, any time I've been in hotbeds of creativity, I got excited about something that wasn't coming from me.

American Musician

Maajid Nawaz

The University of Westminster is well known for being a hotbed of extremist activity.

British Activist

Eric Bischoff

Florida was a hotbed of professional wrestling, one of the hottest in the country.

American Businessman

John Layfield

Texas was a hotbed for professional wrestling when I was growing up.

Tom Ford

College campuses were once a hotbed of political activity.

American Designer

Henry Rollins

Texas is a hotbed of insanely good bands and musicians.

Often implies a troubling or undesirable situation related to the activity mentioned.

Negative Connotation

Used to stress the high concentration or intensity of activity within a specific area or context.

Intensity Emphasized

Implies that a place has conditions ripe for the growth or proliferation of something.

Potential for Growth

Refers to an environment intentionally heated to promote plant growth.

Cultivation Environment

Generally associated with greenhouses or environments that simulate the warmth needed.

Greenhouse Association

Used in technical or horticultural contexts; not to be confused with metaphorical use.

Technical Context

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 And your hand, just like so much of our body, is a hotbed of bacterial activity, making it an ideal hunting ground for phages. Because after all, phages hunt bacteria. It's also important to know that phages are extremely selective hunters.

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 of our inner and our outer worlds. And it's that playful curiosity that drives us to explore, drives us to interact, and then the unexpected connections we form are the real hotbed for creativity.

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 Change happens when we see things in a different way. Today, I see Kibera in a different way. My message to TEDGlobal and the entire world Kibera is a hotbed of innovation and ideas.

Chris Anderson: How...

 message to Ted global and the entire world is kuvira is a hotbed of innovation and ideas you know what I thought Chris has always been an inspiring guy what's new and it's huge

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