hot topic
collocation in Englishmeaningsofhotandtopic
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hot
adjective
uk/hɒt/us/hɑːt/
having a ...
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topic
noun[C]
uk/ˈtɒp.ɪk/us/ˈtɑː.pɪk/
a subject that is discussed, written about, ...
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(Definition ofhotandtopicfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofhot topic
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Innovation has become ahottopic, but one of substance, not a passing fad.
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This was ahottopicat the time.
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Rigour in qualitative research is ahottopicand more difficult than in quantitative designs.
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The subject of opera and its irrational, marvellous elements was ahottopicfor philosophers and music theorists alike.
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Although temporal binding is currently a "hottopic" in neuroscience, the concept of temporal binding is not without its critics.
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The issue became ahottopic.
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As we have seen, the dependentauxiliary and catenative-auxiliary analyses mentioned above were ahottopicof debate during the seventies, but the references to this discussion are missing.
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Ter restrial locomotion in pterosaurs has been ahottopiclately, augmented by computer modelling.
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Anotherhottopicin the last few years has been the phylogenetic position of the brachiopods, with decisive evidence placing them close to the annelids and molluscs (as lophotrochozoans).
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Types continue to be ahottopicin functional programming research, and there are several papers on both theoretical and practical aspects of types.
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That is ahottopicin the housing press.
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Hansard archive
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It is ahottopic, because it has provoked passionate reactions.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
It is ahottopic, because it has provoked near-irrational reactions.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
It is thehottopicin any pub or club.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
We are talking, of course, about accountability in respect of the efficient and effective use of resources, and not about thehottopicof editorial standards.
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Hansard archive
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This is a veryhottopicin my own country too, and it is also keeping the citizens of my own country awake.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
Because the reported value of a business can be different according to which accounting measure is used, the choice of merger or acquisition accounting is a veryhottopic.
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Hansard archive
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Agricultural land protection is ahottopicin the local newspapers.
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