battlefront
noun
bat·tle·front
ˈba-tᵊl-ˌfrənt 
1
: the military sector in which actual combat takes place
2
: a place or context within which a struggle is fought
… he had already served more than a decade as an attorney on the battlefronts of the civil rights movement.—
Vincent Harding
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The latest salvo in that battlefront has been launched.
—Todd Boss, Forbes.com, 11 June 2025
Experts say China is also catching up with the United States in artificial intelligence, considered the battlefront of the next industrial revolution.
—David Pierson, New York Times, 10 May 2025
New Deal agencies inspired the creation of the War Production Board in 1942, which mobilized business and rationed resources for the battlefront.
—Michael Brenes, Foreign Affairs, 3 July 2023
In it, a full ceasefire would take effect along the existing battlefront, the United States would grant legal recognition to Russia’s 2014 annexation of Crimea, and Ukraine would forgo NATO membership.
—Fred Weir, Christian Science Monitor, 25 Apr. 2025
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Todd Boss, Forbes.com, 11 June 2025
Experts say China is also catching up with the United States in artificial intelligence, considered the battlefront of the next industrial revolution.
—David Pierson, New York Times, 10 May 2025
New Deal agencies inspired the creation of the War Production Board in 1942, which mobilized business and rationed resources for the battlefront.
—Michael Brenes, Foreign Affairs, 3 July 2023
In it, a full ceasefire would take effect along the existing battlefront, the United States would grant legal recognition to Russia’s 2014 annexation of Crimea, and Ukraine would forgo NATO membership.
—Fred Weir, Christian Science Monitor, 25 Apr. 2025
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“Battlefront.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/battlefront. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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