hothouse
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Synonyms: Noun
conservatory, glasshouse [chiefly British], greenhouse
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grows tomatoes in his hothouse all winter long an urban enclave of bohemians that acquired a reputation for being a hothouse of creativityRecent Examples on the Web: Noun
If not, just use a mix of mini and English hothouse cucumbers, which are available year-round. — Carla Lalli Music, Bon AppĂ©tit, "Okay, Fine, California: You Win at Everything," 11 July 2019 That might be the more appealing strategy in the hothouse of party primaries. — Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, "Can Joe Biden Be Americaâs New Great Compromiser?," 21 June 2019 Beds of dill, borage, tarragon, shiso and chives, a pool house doubling as an orchid hothouse and ferns fill the spaces between. — Quanta Magazine, "Victoria Meadowsâ Earthly Visions of Alien Life," 16 June 2019 All of this slowly converts Sunset Towers into an oddly salutary hothouse environment. — Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker, "âThe Westing Game,â a Tribute to Labor That Became a Dark Comedy of American Capitalism," 13 June 2019 That effort began at the start of the Second World War, came down to us through the counterculture of the 1960s, and flourishes today in the high-tech hothouse of Silicon Valley. — Fred Turner, Harper's magazine, "Machine Politics," 10 Jan. 2019 Investigating the roots of the financial crisis in Washingtonâs political hothouse can make even an experienced politician nostalgic for a local zoning dispute. — Asjylyn Loder, WSJ, "Phil Angelides Delved Into the Root of the Housing Crisis. Now He Builds Homes," 14 July 2018 So how did someone like Sansa Starkâoriginally a whiny, spoiled hothouse orchidâmanage to outlive so many of her doomed family members? — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, "New study gives some handy tips on how to survive on Game of Thrones," 9 Dec. 2018 Based on its past history, a hothouse state would seemingly be one possibility. — John Timmer, Ars Technica, "Researchers suggest we could tip into a hothouse Earthâhereâs what that means," 10 Aug. 2018Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective
These fragile and artificial economies require hothouse conditions that a weakened OPEC can no longer provide. — Walter Russell Mead, WSJ, "Fracking Our Way to Mideast Peace," 11 Dec. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'hothouse.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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