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
International humanitarian law mandates the principles of distinction, proportionality, and necessity, but the opaqueness of drone operations, particularly outside active battlefields, challenges these principles.
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Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 May 2026
Markets are battlefields, and competitors are enemies.
—Big Think, 7 May 2026
But the decision comes amid mounting Emirati frustration with the Gulf states’ response to attacks by Iran and tensions between the UAE and its larger neighbor, Saudi Arabia, that are playing out on diplomatic fronts and battlefields across the region.
—Raf Sanchez, NBC news, 29 Apr. 2026
Excerpts of the blue book, images of important battlefields and a replica of a Revolutionary War musket line the walls and bookshelves of the museum.
—Amanda Rosa
updated April 28, Miami Herald, 28 Apr. 2026
As battlefields become ever more saturated with drones and skilled FPV pilots, helicopter crews will need to assume drones could come for them from any angle at any time.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 27 Apr. 2026
The greatest fear is that someone could use a drone in a terrorist attack that could be just as deadly as the drone attacks that have become common on the battlefields of the Ukraine and Iran wars.
—ABC News, 16 Apr. 2026
Absent a successful appeal, the remaining battlefields would be other state legislatures.
—Jerry Nowicki, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026
Identity and where one belongs will always be battlefields in this country, literal and cultural.
—Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2026
Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 May 2026
Markets are battlefields, and competitors are enemies.
—Big Think, 7 May 2026
But the decision comes amid mounting Emirati frustration with the Gulf states’ response to attacks by Iran and tensions between the UAE and its larger neighbor, Saudi Arabia, that are playing out on diplomatic fronts and battlefields across the region.
—Raf Sanchez, NBC news, 29 Apr. 2026
Excerpts of the blue book, images of important battlefields and a replica of a Revolutionary War musket line the walls and bookshelves of the museum.
—Amanda Rosa
updated April 28, Miami Herald, 28 Apr. 2026
As battlefields become ever more saturated with drones and skilled FPV pilots, helicopter crews will need to assume drones could come for them from any angle at any time.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 27 Apr. 2026
The greatest fear is that someone could use a drone in a terrorist attack that could be just as deadly as the drone attacks that have become common on the battlefields of the Ukraine and Iran wars.
—ABC News, 16 Apr. 2026
Absent a successful appeal, the remaining battlefields would be other state legislatures.
—Jerry Nowicki, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026
Identity and where one belongs will always be battlefields in this country, literal and cultural.
—Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for battlefields
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In the blueberry capital of Georgia, where flat coastal plains stretch out on either side of the road, there’s a good chance travelers will drive past fields of bushy blueberry crops growing in long, monotonous rows.—
Olivia Wakim,
AJC.com,
10 May 2026
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This small village on the Côte d’Azur, in France, is scented with fields of jasmine, rose, and lavender.—
Kelley Manley,
Travel + Leisure,
9 May 2026
Noun
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School boards become culture-war battlegrounds.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
11 May 2026
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Rendering examines how artificial intelligence is disrupting the entertainment industry, taking you inside key battlegrounds and spotlighting change makers wielding the technology for good and ill.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
23 Apr. 2026
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Keep in mind, if your soil is already acidic, you should be set for some blue blooms–even without an acid-boosting mix-in like coffee grounds.—
Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
9 May 2026
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Head out on a fishing charter Floridian Captain Wayne Senteno of Jax Fishing Charters knows the inshore fishing grounds and offshore hot spots in this part of Florida like the inside of his tackle box.—
Terry Ward,
Travel + Leisure,
9 May 2026
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“Battlefields.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/battlefields. Accessed 15 May. 2026.
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