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epicenter

[ep-uh-sen-ter] / ˈɛp əˌsɛn tər /


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“The global semiconductor market is undergoing a seismic transformation,” the report noted, and “the memory segment is at the epicenter of this shift.”

From MarketWatch • May 5, 2026

By early 1963, the Station Hotel in London had become an epicenter of the burgeoning British blues scene.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2026

Those immigrants helped enable the U.S. become the epicenter of innovation in the 20th century.

From Barron's • Apr. 16, 2026

Each has been at the very epicenter of democratic attempts to access the constitutional tools demanded by this moment.

From Slate • Apr. 11, 2026

Between 1905 and 1925, the Fly Room at Columbia was the epicenter of genetics, a catalytic chamber for the new science.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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