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
The Veterans Resource Center serves as a hub for student veterans seeking guidance and community.
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Charlene Peters, USA Today, 21 May 2025
This hub from Twelve South comes with a USB-A port, an HDMI, a headphone jack, and a USB-C port for pass-through charging.
—Luke Larsen, Wired News, 21 May 2025
The surrounding Granary District, one of the oldest neighborhoods in Salt Lake, was once an industrial and manufacturing hub.
—Carley Thornell, Travel + Leisure, 11 May 2025
Indeed, ad commitments to streaming video hubs rose a noticeable 35.3%, hiking to $11.1 billion from $8.2 billion in 2023’s market.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 11 May 2025
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Charlene Peters, USA Today, 21 May 2025
This hub from Twelve South comes with a USB-A port, an HDMI, a headphone jack, and a USB-C port for pass-through charging.
—Luke Larsen, Wired News, 21 May 2025
The surrounding Granary District, one of the oldest neighborhoods in Salt Lake, was once an industrial and manufacturing hub.
—Carley Thornell, Travel + Leisure, 11 May 2025
Indeed, ad commitments to streaming video hubs rose a noticeable 35.3%, hiking to $11.1 billion from $8.2 billion in 2023’s market.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 11 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hub
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Gigabyte has made a concerted effort to capitalize on the AI gold rush of the last two or three years, aggressively making and selling AI data center hardware.—
Brian Westover,
PC Magazine,
20 May 2025
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Favre’s off-the-field controversies are at the center of UNTOLD: The Fall of Favre, which began streaming Tuesday on Netflix.—
Sean Neumann,
People.com,
20 May 2025
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The work would do well in Palm Springs, the mecca of all things mid-century modern.—
R. Daniel Foster,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2025
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Other common amenities include full kitchens, gas fireplaces, and oversized closets, large enough to store ski, snowboarding, and hiking gear, as this part of Wisconsin is a mecca for outdoor adventure.—
Kristine Hansen,
Travel + Leisure,
22 May 2025
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In reality, meeting the mandates would require diverting finite capital from the EV transition to purchase compliance credits from Tesla.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 May 2025
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However, at the end of last year, the Islamist opposition group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham burst out of its Idlib stronghold and, in coordination with other groups, swiftly advanced on the capital Damascus.—
Paul Iddon,
Forbes.com,
24 May 2025
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Key to the New Wave were two elements: modernist narrative structures influenced by European cinema and a focus on social issues, informed by socialist realism and leftist ideologies.—
Ali Farahmand,
IndieWire,
23 May 2025
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But it is beautifully realized and broadly relatable, with a tight, humane focus on individual people’s ordinary hopes, dreams and fears, set against the backdrop of a particular moment in French social progress.—
Catherine Bray,
Variety,
23 May 2025
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“Hub.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hub. Accessed 1 Jun. 2025.
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