hot corner
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of hot corner
First recorded in 1900–05
Example Sentences
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Potential All-Star Zach Neto is back at shortstop while Yoan Moncada was brought back on a one-year, $4-million contract, to handle the hot corner.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026
Shares of memory and storage companies, which have been a hot corner of the AI-infrastructure trade this year, rose as well in premarket activity.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 20, 2025
But with Kieboom still recovering, Candelario has a chance to handle the majority of the duties at the hot corner.
From Washington Post • Dec. 13, 2022
Candelario has played 517 of his 581 games at third base, adding 64 at first base and 19 at DH, with a career negative 19 defensive runs saved at the hot corner.
From Washington Times • Nov. 29, 2022
Many men seem quite to lose their head at a hot corner.
From Ladies in the Field: Sketches of Sport by Greville, Beatrice Violet Graham
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