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Recent Examples of turf
The Chicago Bears led by two touchdowns with five minutes left in the game, another seeming disappointment for the Bengals on home turf.
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Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2025
In the forest there are branches, turf, and grass.
—Carolyn Forché, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
That’s a bold way for a singer who hasn’t been known primarily for being in the theater arena that long to start off with — maybe too bold, in declaring that Streisand’s turf is her terra firma, too.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 2 Nov. 2025
The Toronto Blue Jays have a chance to close things out on home turf with a game to spare, securing the franchise’s first title since Joe Carter’s legendary 1993 home run.
—Joe Kozlowski, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
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Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2025
In the forest there are branches, turf, and grass.
—Carolyn Forché, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
That’s a bold way for a singer who hasn’t been known primarily for being in the theater arena that long to start off with — maybe too bold, in declaring that Streisand’s turf is her terra firma, too.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 2 Nov. 2025
The Toronto Blue Jays have a chance to close things out on home turf with a game to spare, securing the franchise’s first title since Joe Carter’s legendary 1993 home run.
—Joe Kozlowski, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for turf
Noun
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His administration is also working to suspend the use of a protection mechanism that temporarily gives native land status to territories that haven’t fully completed the demarcation process.—
Adriana Brasileiro,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
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In any case, the film feels as excitingly changeable as its art style, something which pushes into more emotionally fraught territory during its last half hour.—
Kambole Campbell,
IndieWire,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The subject was conspicuously missing from classrooms and curricula.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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Nonpartisan experts who have studied the subject believe the increasing cost of upgrading the grid, with new transmission lines or other facilities, is the single factor most responsible for rate increases.—
Tom Rogers,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Turf.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/turf. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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