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as in ground
a small area of usually open land
a field that is the frequent site of neighborhood softball games
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as in area
a region of activity, knowledge, or influence
the first woman to enter the field of medicine
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as in battlefield
a place where a battle takes place
the field where two mighty armies met and changed the course of history
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as in airfield
a place from which aircraft operate that usually has paved runways and a terminal
Worsham Field in Corpus Christi used to be home to a sizable crop dusting operation
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as in expansion
a wide space or area
the cemetery's field of crosses for the war's fallen seemed to stretch to infinity
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as in attack
active fighting during the course of a war
in the classroom the general had been a brilliant theoretician, but in the field he proved to be a wholly incompetent tactician
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as in to address
to deal with (something) usually skillfully or efficiently
gave the waitress a large tip because she kept smiling as she fielded their many requests
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Recent Examples of field
Jordan Neal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Sep. 2025
Arizona would have run Kansas State off the field Friday night but for a series of blunders.
—Jon Wilner, Mercury News, 13 Sep. 2025
Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
Designed to be low-cost and easy to install, the system could be fielded across Air Force and joint EOD units within existing budgets.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 12 Sep. 2025
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Noun
The start of the second half saw Northwest complete its best drive of the game, methodically moving down the field with a good mix of run and pass before Sela scored on a 7-yard run to give the Texans a 14-3 lead.
—Jordan Neal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Sep. 2025
Arizona would have run Kansas State off the field Friday night but for a series of blunders.
—Jon Wilner, Mercury News, 13 Sep. 2025
Verb
This week, 32 member states of the OAS issued a joint statement supporting efforts by the United States and Panama to field a more aggressive force into Haiti to fight the gangs.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
Designed to be low-cost and easy to install, the system could be fielded across Air Force and joint EOD units within existing budgets.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 12 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for field
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More than 300 flights were delayed at Denver International Airport on Saturday due to a ground delay caused by thunderstorms in the area.—
Marco Cummings,
Denver Post,
14 Sep. 2025
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Combined, these economic and political pressures created fertile ground for social mobilization.—
Nir Kshetri,
The Conversation,
14 Sep. 2025
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Those areas include voting, healthcare, and education literature.—
Doug Melville,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Drought continues to worsen in several parts of the country, meteorologists warned in early September as dry conditions are forecast for many areas later in the month, sparking additional fears about wildfires in the fire-prone West.—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
14 Sep. 2025
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Votes are only accepted during the initial Eastern and Central time zone broadcasts.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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The 10 non-kickers on the kicking team, and the nine players on the receiving team in the setup zone, cannot move until the ball hits the ground or a player in the landing zone or endzone fields it.—
Armon Sadler,
VIBE.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Zelensky pointed out then that many of those in service have been wounded multiple times during the conflict, as returning to the battlefield has often meant vulnerability to further injury.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
12 Sep. 2025
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Some of the competitors were being pulled off the battlefield and were going back to the battlefield.—
Marni Rose McFall,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
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How does your hometown airfield stack up?—
Zach Wichter,
USA Today,
17 Sep. 2025
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The chief of Ukraine's SBU security agency, Vasyl Maliuk, later said 150 combat first person-view drones were used in Operation Spiderweb, smuggled over the border and placed close to the airfields.—
Ellie Cook,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Biglari’s core demands were to stop opening new stores entirely, eliminate the development team to save money, and focus exclusively on improving existing store operations rather than expansion.—
Lily Mae Lazarus,
Fortune,
18 Sep. 2025
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The expansion team has lost each of its last five games against the Lynx, and most recently suffered one of their worst losses of the season in Game 1 on Sunday in a 29-point defeat.—
Nathan Canilao,
Mercury News,
17 Sep. 2025
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And now Google warns that Chrome is under attack, issuing an emergency update and a recommendation to upgrade all desktop browsers immediately.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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Ukrainian defense forces took down the 230-foot (70 meters) antenna dish to prevent Russian forces from using it to guide attacks on its territory.—
Tereza Pultarova,
Space.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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Instead of predictive policing that reinforces existing biases, envision AI that helps communities understand and address root causes of social problems.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Save from isolated slip-ups, all addressed by and mended with the captain, there were no big issues.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Field.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/field. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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