field of play
noun phrase
sports
: the part of a field that is officially marked as the place where the action of a game happens : playing field
Spectators are not allowed on the field of play.
Examples of field of play in a Sentence
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Patients like Damar Hamlin, the Buffalo Bills safety, or Christian Eriksen, the midfielder who plays for Denmark and Manchester United — each of whom collapsed on the field of play and was shocked back to life — didn’t need ECPR because a defibrillator did its job.
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Helen Ouyang, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2024
In each game, data mining has upended the field of play.
—IEEE Spectrum, 28 Dec. 2011
Travis Kelce is considering how to gain yards on a new field of play.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 19 Mar. 2024
As players are eliminated, the field of play gets smaller and updates go out with how each person was killed.
—Dina Kaur, The Arizona Republic, 7 Mar. 2024
Momentum carried him well out of the field of play.
—Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 21 Jan. 2024
Over time, players imagined new uses for the cards, radically expanding the field of play to include occult interpretation, artistic elaboration and fortunetelling.
—Carina Del Valle Schorske, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2023
Police in West Yorkshire said in a statement that the man, who was not named, was charged with assault and entering the field of play.
—Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 15 May 2023
But when fans can channel their enthusiasm from a comfortable distance — in round-the-clock punditry, online betting or the managerial cosplay of fantasy football — our attention is pleasantly redirected from the field of play to the abstractions of the depth chart or the waiver wire.
—Jake Nevins, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2023
Helen Ouyang, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2024
In each game, data mining has upended the field of play.
—IEEE Spectrum, 28 Dec. 2011
Travis Kelce is considering how to gain yards on a new field of play.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 19 Mar. 2024
As players are eliminated, the field of play gets smaller and updates go out with how each person was killed.
—Dina Kaur, The Arizona Republic, 7 Mar. 2024
Momentum carried him well out of the field of play.
—Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 21 Jan. 2024
Over time, players imagined new uses for the cards, radically expanding the field of play to include occult interpretation, artistic elaboration and fortunetelling.
—Carina Del Valle Schorske, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2023
Police in West Yorkshire said in a statement that the man, who was not named, was charged with assault and entering the field of play.
—Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 15 May 2023
But when fans can channel their enthusiasm from a comfortable distance — in round-the-clock punditry, online betting or the managerial cosplay of fantasy football — our attention is pleasantly redirected from the field of play to the abstractions of the depth chart or the waiver wire.
—Jake Nevins, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2023
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“Field of play.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/field%20of%20play. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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