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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 hubs
Colonial outposts like Singapore and Hong Kong flourished as cosmopolitan hubs, honorary extensions of the metropole into alien lands.
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Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
Haier's innovative retail models become service and social hubs for local users, serve as real-world laboratories for testing new concepts and gathering consumer insights.
—Mark Greeven, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
Main music hubs will include Shoreditch Town Hall, Village Underground and 93 East.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 21 Oct. 2024
One Direction fan accounts, particularly on X, were popular hubs for news and community engagement during the group’s heyday in the early 2010s.
—Sara Smart and Alli Rosenbloom, CNN, 20 Oct. 2024
Latin America, Australia and Asia are also expected to be operating by 2026 to grow the international hubs to six.
—Eric Jackson, Sportico.com, 19 Oct. 2024
The emergency motion will allow the owner/operator of 16 regional sports networks rebrand its in-market TV hubs before the 2024-25 NBA season officially tips off on Tuesday.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 18 Oct. 2024
Many community hubs, such as the Dota 2 sub-Reddit, have been filled with posts around the lack of any update in recent days.
—Mike Stubbs, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
In the meantime, dozens of ships carrying containers and autos are anchored off the coast of major trade hubs in New York, South Carolina and Virginia and will continue arriving faster than they can be unloaded.
—Laura Curtis and Josh Wingrove / Bloomberg, TIME, 4 Oct. 2024
Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
Haier's innovative retail models become service and social hubs for local users, serve as real-world laboratories for testing new concepts and gathering consumer insights.
—Mark Greeven, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
Main music hubs will include Shoreditch Town Hall, Village Underground and 93 East.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 21 Oct. 2024
One Direction fan accounts, particularly on X, were popular hubs for news and community engagement during the group’s heyday in the early 2010s.
—Sara Smart and Alli Rosenbloom, CNN, 20 Oct. 2024
Latin America, Australia and Asia are also expected to be operating by 2026 to grow the international hubs to six.
—Eric Jackson, Sportico.com, 19 Oct. 2024
The emergency motion will allow the owner/operator of 16 regional sports networks rebrand its in-market TV hubs before the 2024-25 NBA season officially tips off on Tuesday.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 18 Oct. 2024
Many community hubs, such as the Dota 2 sub-Reddit, have been filled with posts around the lack of any update in recent days.
—Mike Stubbs, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
In the meantime, dozens of ships carrying containers and autos are anchored off the coast of major trade hubs in New York, South Carolina and Virginia and will continue arriving faster than they can be unloaded.
—Laura Curtis and Josh Wingrove / Bloomberg, TIME, 4 Oct. 2024
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“Hubs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hubs. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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