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.
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DeMelo, 27, slowly took a seated position on the field of play two minutes into first-half stoppage time and a teammate was attending to her while a referee called for trainers to check her out.
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Reuters 19 Hr Ago, CNN Money, 16 Sep. 2025
The tweak was intended to further incentivise kicking the ball into the field of play (thus making the kickoff a greater part of the game) rather than blasting it out of the back of the end zone and accepting a touchback.
—Mike Jones, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2025
Lenhart will only be permitted in public seating areas during Seattle Sounders home matches and cannot be on or near the field of play, nor in or around the locker rooms, or tunnel.
—Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2025
In a nod to the new realities of college sports, the NCAA just 14 months ago lifted a decades-old restriction on branding on the field of play.
—Eddie Pells, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2025
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Reuters 19 Hr Ago, CNN Money, 16 Sep. 2025
The tweak was intended to further incentivise kicking the ball into the field of play (thus making the kickoff a greater part of the game) rather than blasting it out of the back of the end zone and accepting a touchback.
—Mike Jones, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2025
Lenhart will only be permitted in public seating areas during Seattle Sounders home matches and cannot be on or near the field of play, nor in or around the locker rooms, or tunnel.
—Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2025
In a nod to the new realities of college sports, the NCAA just 14 months ago lifted a decades-old restriction on branding on the field of play.
—Eddie Pells, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2025
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“Field of play.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/field%20of%20play. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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