hot corner
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of hot corner
First recorded in 1900–05
Example Sentences
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The bank has ramped up efforts to edge into this hot corner of Wall Street, where Rana had experience from his stints at Carlyle and Morgan Stanley.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 9, 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
Glad to see Jack Harris’ story on Kiké Hernández making an error at the hot corner in the middle of being asked a question by Dontrelle Willis.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2024
But the big question inside the biggest question surrounding the Mariners’ overhauled lineup is how the platoon partners will handle defense at the hot corner.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 11, 2024
It got into the official bulletins of both sides several times, this two hundred yards at Pilken in the everlastingly "hot corner" north of Ypres.
From My Year of the War Including an Account of Experiences with the Troops in France and the Record of a Visit to the Grand Fleet Which is Here Given for the First Time in its Complete Form by Palmer, Frederick
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