battlefields

plural of battlefield
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 house, now a visitor’s center with exhibits and a souvenir shop, is free to access, but guided tours of the house and battlefields are available for purchase. Zuri Primos july 26, Kansas City Star, 26 July 2026 The other demonstrates how a relatively inexpensive drone can still reshape modern battlefields when paired with effective tactics and operational planning. Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 26 July 2026 Like scores of others, Chalmers was taken to a hospital in the city when he was medevaced from the battlefields of Afghanistan and Iraq. Simon Perry, PEOPLE, 14 July 2026 It’s intended for use on battlefields and other challenging environments. Alexandra York, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026 In its early years, the flag was primarily used on battlefields, military forts, and ships as a form of identification. Pete Cuddihy, FOXNews.com, 5 July 2026 Roberts noted that race and citizenship had been fiercely debated in courts, speeches, Congress and battlefields because of Black Americans’ fight for freedom from slavery. ABC News, 2 July 2026 But they’re used to an older style of war, fought on open battlefields. Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 1 July 2026 Months later, President Abraham Lincoln would return to the battlefields to give his famous address recognizing the Union dead. Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 27 June 2026
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Noun
  • Like many inland dikes, the barrier in agricultural fields near the small town of Waddinxveen, east of The Hague, is made of peat that needs to be damp to be strong enough to hold back water.
    ABC News, ABC News, 2 Aug. 2026
  • But the two men want additional amenities such as pickleball courts or soccer fields that give more people a reason to keep coming back.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 1 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • California is seen as one of the key battlegrounds for how the technology is regulated across the country.
    Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Many of the battlegrounds are set, and a few are yet to be decided in primaries, but the answer remains murky.
    Maham Javaid, NPR, 27 July 2026
Noun
  • The pattern references Gawthorpe Hall (the historic country house on whose grounds Burnley’s training base is located) and the lettering is based on our old programmes.
    Matt Slater, New York Times, 31 July 2026
  • Curated by LaGuardia Design Group, the park-like grounds are adorned with mature specimen trees and dense hedging.
    Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 31 July 2026

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“Battlefields.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/battlefields. Accessed 5 Aug. 2026.

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