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as in ground
a small area of usually open land
a field that is the frequent site of neighborhood softball games
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as in area
a region of activity, knowledge, or influence
the first woman to enter the field of medicine
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as in battlefield
a place where a battle takes place
the field where two mighty armies met and changed the course of history
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as in airfield
a place from which aircraft operate that usually has paved runways and a terminal
Worsham Field in Corpus Christi used to be home to a sizable crop dusting operation
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as in expansion
a wide space or area
the cemetery's field of crosses for the war's fallen seemed to stretch to infinity
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as in attack
active fighting during the course of a war
in the classroom the general had been a brilliant theoretician, but in the field he proved to be a wholly incompetent tactician
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as in to address
to deal with (something) usually skillfully or efficiently
gave the waitress a large tip because she kept smiling as she fielded their many requests
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Recent Examples of field
Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2025
Question 1 asks voters to approve $158 million to renovate neighborhood parks, design and construct new city parks, improve multi-use fields and renovate existing pools and aquatic centers.
—Maritza Dominguez, AZCentral.com, 4 Oct. 2025
Mike Jones, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
France fields about 376,000 personnel and spends nearly 55 billion dollars on defense.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2025
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Noun
The field is another one long overdue for Nobel recognition, Pendlebury said.
—Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2025
Question 1 asks voters to approve $158 million to renovate neighborhood parks, design and construct new city parks, improve multi-use fields and renovate existing pools and aquatic centers.
—Maritza Dominguez, AZCentral.com, 4 Oct. 2025
Verb
In Week 2, Washington fielded a booming punt against New England, made one diving defender miss, ran into a scrum, spun his way out of it, bounced it to the outside and raced 74 yards to the end zone.
—Mike Jones, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
France fields about 376,000 personnel and spends nearly 55 billion dollars on defense.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for field
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Definitive answers are slippery ground for men in his position.—
George Caulkin,
New York Times,
6 Oct. 2025
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Under the hopper of a massive grain bin, roughly 50,000 pounds of ground corn slide down a chute and into the truck’s open back.—
Miranda Dunlap,
jsonline.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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This area was mostly empty at the beginning, but the monstrous sounds of the race cars firing up their engines drew a lot of attention.—
Keenan Thompson,
Freep.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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The chief sent multiple units to increase patrols in high-crime areas after three homicides that happened at the start of the weekend, police spokesperson Officer Bradley Perez said.—
Shambhavi Rimal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
6 Oct. 2025
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What's Next Chinese research ship operations in neighboring maritime zones are likely to remain a source of controversy as the country continues to strengthen its posture in the region.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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Euro zone inflation picks up pace European investors are considering various data releases on Wednesday.—
Tasmin Lockwood,Chloe Taylor,
CNBC,
1 Oct. 2025
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Early years and battlefield training Irene Curie was born in Paris, France, in 1897.—
Andrea Richard,
The Conversation,
2 Oct. 2025
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The battlefield applications of these fields are already being demonstrated.—
Rebecca A. Fannin,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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Ukrainian drones struck the Marinovka airfield in Russia’s Volgograd Oblast on June 27, damaging or destroying four Su-34s.—
Brendan Cole,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Sep. 2025
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Even a small peninsula could host a basic airfield and seaport to facilitate the movement of people and aid, severing Gaza’s unhealthy dependency on Israel and Egypt.—
Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib,
The Atlantic,
23 Sep. 2025
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The transaction marks another milestone in KKR’s expansion in the region.—
Emma Graham,
CNBC,
1 Oct. 2025
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Madrid Content City has already become one of the largest audiovisual hubs in Europe and is now entering phase IV of its expansion, expected to be completed by 2026.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
1 Oct. 2025
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The confirmation of drones over Germany comes as NATO's Denmark investigates a wave of drone disruption to its airports that officials have characterized as a hybrid attack, and coincides with Estonian, Polish, and Romanian accusations against Russia of serious airspace incursions.—
Robert Birsel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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Overseas activists have tried to deliver aid in the past to Gaza but have either been intercepted by Israeli forces or come under some form of attack.—
Billy Stockwell,
CNN Money,
1 Oct. 2025
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But those plans can be quite narrow and ineffective for addressing flood damage.—
Tamia Fowlkes,
jsonline.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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The Homeless Congress aims to secure funding for an affordable housing trust fund to address the city's housing shortage.—
Elizabeth B. Kim,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
6 Oct. 2025
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“Field.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/field. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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