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breeding ground

noun

1
: the place to which animals go to breed
2
: a place or set of circumstances suitable for or favorable to growth and development
hurricane breeding grounds

Example Sentences

a breeding ground for seals The Gulf of Mexico is a breeding ground for hurricanes. The company's casual atmosphere serves as a breeding ground for innovation.
Recent Examples on the Web It’s the kind of place that could become a breeding ground if left alone. Evan Bush, NBC News, 6 Sep. 2022 Now known as MCC Theater, it's become a breeding ground for some of the stage's most provocative, groundbreaking work, including Reasons to be Pretty, The Other Place, The Snow Geese, and Wit. Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 29 Aug. 2022 Comedy has become a breeding ground for anger rather than laughter as the landscape changes and the line blurs between satire and blatant insults. Staff Report, USA TODAY, 3 Aug. 2022 Comedy in recent times has become a breeding ground for anger rather than laughter as the landscape changes around stereotypes and the line blurs between satire and blatant insults. USA Today, 1 Aug. 2022 Tickets are a fertile breeding ground for scalping because artists usually try to make tickets obtainable for fans, but the demand is too high for tickets to stay that way. Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 2 Aug. 2022 Personal ads are too often a breeding ground for risky business, but before there were creeps on Craigslist, there was Single White Female. Gwen Ihnat, EW.com, 28 July 2022 The northern periphery of heat domes is a breeding ground for progressive derechos. Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 5 July 2022 The creek is believed to be Maryland’s only sturgeon breeding ground. Scott Dance, Baltimore Sun, 12 Aug. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1630, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of breeding ground was in 1630

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