epicenter
Example Sentences
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Upstate South Carolina is the epicenter of the latest outbreak with 646 cases and some 90 reported in the last week.
“The South Bay is the epicenter of the Southern California culture that became really popular in the 1950s all over the world,” says Ebert.
From Los Angeles Times
Taiwan’s economic minister, Kung Ming-hsin, said Taiwanese chip makers need “a moderate global footprint” in response to “orders coming from local markets” but said Taiwan would remain the epicenter of chip production.
In Westwood — the epicenter of the community, where the eponymous boulevard is lined by storefronts covered in Persian script — the widespread opposition to Iran’s hard-line theocracy is hard to miss.
From Los Angeles Times
Still, several banks, including JPMorgan, were enticed by the success of the card’s reach and the Apple brand, which has become the epicenter of more consumers’ financial lives.
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