as in fields
a place where a battle takes place
wounded soldiers being carried off the battlefield
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Recent Examples of battlefields
The small, first-person view (FPV) drones cost between $3,000 and $5,000 each, according to reporting from Rest of World, and are similar to the many explosive FPV drones being used on the battlefields in Ukraine.
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Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 18 June 2026
Furthermore, this intelligent flight system is designed for high-interference battlefields, allowing the drone to navigate and operate reliably even when facing intense electronic warfare or signal jamming.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 17 June 2026
Modern triage systems emerged from battlefields where medical personnel had to decide, in seconds, who could be saved.
—Rob Lewis, New York Daily News, 17 June 2026
This paternal land of mine, Jamaica, the one that birthed my great-grandfather’s dreams, also shaped his experiences with discrimination in medicine, from the battlefields to the doors of medical institutions that slammed shut.
—Literary Hub, 16 June 2026
The non-profit specializes in battlefields and conflict sites, both in America and abroad.
—Kailey Schuyler, FOXNews.com, 12 June 2026
Explore historic Northeast landmarks, battlefields, museums and scenic sites that help tell America’s story as the nation turns 250.
—Usa Today Network, USA Today, 10 June 2026
Israel rejects linking both battlefields, and insists on having a free hand to attack Hezbollah.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2026
From the glamorous worlds of New York, London and Paris fashion to the battlefields of World War II Europe, American photographer Lee Miller lived one of the most extraordinary artistic lives of the 20th century.
—Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 30 May 2026
Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 18 June 2026
Furthermore, this intelligent flight system is designed for high-interference battlefields, allowing the drone to navigate and operate reliably even when facing intense electronic warfare or signal jamming.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 17 June 2026
Modern triage systems emerged from battlefields where medical personnel had to decide, in seconds, who could be saved.
—Rob Lewis, New York Daily News, 17 June 2026
This paternal land of mine, Jamaica, the one that birthed my great-grandfather’s dreams, also shaped his experiences with discrimination in medicine, from the battlefields to the doors of medical institutions that slammed shut.
—Literary Hub, 16 June 2026
The non-profit specializes in battlefields and conflict sites, both in America and abroad.
—Kailey Schuyler, FOXNews.com, 12 June 2026
Explore historic Northeast landmarks, battlefields, museums and scenic sites that help tell America’s story as the nation turns 250.
—Usa Today Network, USA Today, 10 June 2026
Israel rejects linking both battlefields, and insists on having a free hand to attack Hezbollah.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2026
From the glamorous worlds of New York, London and Paris fashion to the battlefields of World War II Europe, American photographer Lee Miller lived one of the most extraordinary artistic lives of the 20th century.
—Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 30 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for battlefields
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The ceremony took place near the town of La Hormiga which is surrounded by vast fields of coca bushes, the raw material for cocaine that the Border Commandos export.—
John Otis,
NPR,
21 June 2026
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Students who entered college eager to study literature or history sometimes abandoned those fields because classrooms became places of discomfort rather than intellectual growth.—
Marybeth Gasman,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2026
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Few sites, however, became such frequent battlegrounds as the parking lots of Home Depots, where day laborers congregate, or were hit as persistently and severely as the open air car washes that dot sunny Southern California.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
14 June 2026
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Combined with Collins’ record of winning tough races and a growing list of Senate battlegrounds, that’s enough to persuade some Democrats to look beyond Maine.—
Burgess Everett,
semafor.com,
10 June 2026
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She's credited with creating a conservation movement in southern Lebanon that protected sea turtle nesting grounds and southern Lebanon's Mediterranean coast.—
Jane Arraf,
NPR,
21 June 2026
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In 2019, as Scientific American reported at the time, researchers discovered that some poison frog dads may travel as far as 400 meters (or about a quarter of a mile) in an apparent search for ideal nursery grounds.—
Jackie Flynn Mogensen,
Scientific American,
21 June 2026
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“Battlefields.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/battlefields. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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