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battleground

noun

bat·​tle·​ground ˈba-tᵊl-ˌgrau̇nd How to pronounce battleground (audio)
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Synonyms of battleground

Examples of battleground in a Sentence

the verdant hill suddenly turned into a bloody battleground
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Even as Democrats scored a string of high-profile 2025 wins and narrowed Republican margins in several races, the 2026 midterms remain an open question and the bigger battleground where either party stands to make its most consequential gains. Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2025 The election Tuesday capped a whirlwind final weeks of campaigning in a closer-than-expected race that turned into a national battleground. Halle Troadec, ABC News, 2 Dec. 2025 Georgia — a highly competitive battleground state — has seen both parties invest heavily in college-age organizers and first-time voters. Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 1 Dec. 2025 But the layer of the stack in which our subjectivities are formed, the place where our beliefs about the world are shaped, is also a battleground. Hari Kunzru, Artforum, 1 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for battleground

Word History

First Known Use

1573, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of battleground was in 1573

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“Battleground.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/battleground. Accessed 8 Dec. 2025.

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battleground

noun
bat·​tle·​ground -ˌgrau̇nd How to pronounce battleground (audio)
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