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 company revealed that in today’s complex and contested battlefields, operators rely on fast and accurate communications to inform key decisions in the field.
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Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 6 Sep. 2025
The National Park Service also manages nearly 400 other areas designated for their national significance as battlefields, military or historic sites, lakeshores, seashores, monuments, parkways, recreation areas, trails, rivers and preserves.
—Jeffrey C. Hallo, The Conversation, 4 Sep. 2025
In 2024, fiber-optic drones began dominating battlefields, particularly in Kursk.
—David Kirichenko, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Trump presses Putin on peace Putin and his top officials have claimed willingness to make a deal, though have demanded the freezing of the current front lines and Ukraine's withdrawal from key battlefields including those in Donetsk Oblast in the east of the country.
—David Brennan, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2025
As did its Soviet counterpart during the Cold War, Putin’s Kremlin views Africa, the Middle East, and parts of Asia and Latin America as primary battlefields of the global contest with the West.
—Andrei Soldatov, Foreign Affairs, 25 Aug. 2025
Currently, the vast majority of California’s districts are not competitive, but a handful are political battlefields.
—Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 22 Aug. 2025
From the battlefields in Ukraine to our own nation's strikes in Iran, the private sector's OSINT capabilities have dominated.
—Ann Wagner, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Aug. 2025
Today, the National Park Service (NPS) encompasses 63 national parks and 433 other units, including battlefields, memorials, parkways, rivers, reserves, monuments, and wildlife refuges.
—Latria Graham, AFAR Media, 6 Aug. 2025
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 6 Sep. 2025
The National Park Service also manages nearly 400 other areas designated for their national significance as battlefields, military or historic sites, lakeshores, seashores, monuments, parkways, recreation areas, trails, rivers and preserves.
—Jeffrey C. Hallo, The Conversation, 4 Sep. 2025
In 2024, fiber-optic drones began dominating battlefields, particularly in Kursk.
—David Kirichenko, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Trump presses Putin on peace Putin and his top officials have claimed willingness to make a deal, though have demanded the freezing of the current front lines and Ukraine's withdrawal from key battlefields including those in Donetsk Oblast in the east of the country.
—David Brennan, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2025
As did its Soviet counterpart during the Cold War, Putin’s Kremlin views Africa, the Middle East, and parts of Asia and Latin America as primary battlefields of the global contest with the West.
—Andrei Soldatov, Foreign Affairs, 25 Aug. 2025
Currently, the vast majority of California’s districts are not competitive, but a handful are political battlefields.
—Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 22 Aug. 2025
From the battlefields in Ukraine to our own nation's strikes in Iran, the private sector's OSINT capabilities have dominated.
—Ann Wagner, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Aug. 2025
Today, the National Park Service (NPS) encompasses 63 national parks and 433 other units, including battlefields, memorials, parkways, rivers, reserves, monuments, and wildlife refuges.
—Latria Graham, AFAR Media, 6 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for battlefields
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For the Sandhills, June is a prime time to see early blossoms, while August through September brings fields of sunflowers and asters.—
Iona Brannon,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Sep. 2025
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Sirianni mentioned how those created short fields for an offense.—
Zach Berman,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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Shifting any seats into competitive battlegrounds could threaten Republicans’ razor-thin majority in an election cycle where Trump will not be at the top of the ballot to drive turnout.—
Rachel Schilke,
The Washington Examiner,
1 Sep. 2025
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Cracker Barrel’s episode illustrates the impossibility of separating branding decisions from America’s cultural battlegrounds.—
Doug Melville,
Forbes.com,
27 Aug. 2025
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Indigenous Tribes’ ancestral homelands and hunting grounds could be under threat of mining, clear cutting, or development without consultation because of this decision.—
Ryan Gellert,
Time,
9 Sep. 2025
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The Detroit Lions explicitly ban ticket resales for a profit on Ford Field grounds, according to the team’s website.—
Arpan Lobo,
Freep.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Battlefields.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/battlefields. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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