epicenter
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The co-brand cards that millions of consumers use have long been the epicenter of a love-hate relationship between large merchants and banks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
It was Abbott who, not long ago, called his state the "epicenter of AI development."
From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026
The nation’s largest county has become the epicenter of a fiscal quagmire for local governments and school districts across California.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
Advancements in AI tools have also been reshaping jobs, especially in Silicon Valley, the epicenter of the tech industry.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
Hypatia stood at the epicenter of these mighty social forces.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
Industrial-scale scam compounds have sprouted across Southeast Asia, and Cambodia has become one of the epicenters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2025
“California and Los Angeles are the epicenters of it, but it’s a common belief among the general populace.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 2024
Churches were the epicenters of the Black community and to be taken seriously at all times, which is the main reason I enjoy the idea behind "The Book of Clarence" so much.
From Salon ● Feb. 4, 2024
Regions near these historic earthquakes' epicenters are still seismically active today, so it's possible that some modern earthquakes could be long-lived aftershocks of past quakes.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 13, 2023
Epidemiologists have since discovered that the northwestern shore of Lake Victoria was one of the initial epicenters of aids.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
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