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epicenter

[ep-uh-sen-ter] / ˈɛp əˌsɛn tər /


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It’s a “little epicenter of maritime lawlessness,” said Michelle Bockmann, a maritime intelligence analyst at Windward, saying ships used a “smorgasbord of deceptive shipping tactics” to stay off authorities’ radars.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

"Taiwan is the epicenter of the AI revolution," Huang said.

From Barron's • May 27, 2026

The epicenter of the drone-fueled combat is in central Sudan’s Kordofan region, which is divided into North, South and West Kordofan states.

From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2026

“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

If Levittown was the epicenter of postwar suburban optimism, my parents were exemplars and beneficiaries of its spirit.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove




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