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hot-button
[ hot-buht-n ]
adjective
- exciting strong feelings; highly charged; emotional:
hot-button issues.
hot button
noun
- informal.
- a controversial subject or issue that is likely to arouse strong emotions
- ( as modifier )
the hot-button issue of abortion
Word History and Origins
Origin of hot-button1
Example Sentences
Another hot-button topic is player safety, which union chief Tony Clark mentions at every turn.
Hasan’s unwillingness to soften the edges around hot-button topics could be the reason he’s worked for more outlets than most public-facing folks in the media.
Democrats have no more claim to Latino identity than Republicans, and the idea that putting partisans from both camps under the same ethnic tent might bring about commonality on hot-button issues such as reproductive rights or mass deportations is nonsense.
But it never found a U.S. distributor, as streamers and studios have shied away from hot-button documentaries.
Corbet: It’s funny to me because so many production companies make companies like our partners at Respeecher sign NDAs because of this being such a hot-button topic.
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