battleground

noun

ˈba-tᵊl-ˌgrau̇nd How to pronounce battleground (audio)
Definition of battlegroundnext
as in battlefield
a place where a battle takes place the verdant hill suddenly turned into a bloody battleground

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Recent Examples of battleground The high cost of living is weighing on Republican candidates in all battleground races. — Eric Levitz, Vox, 15 Oct. 2026 For federal elections, the Federal Election Commission is the government agency, but for race handicapping and battleground forecasts, election tracking resources and news organizations provide race-by-race projections. — Rakesh Agrawal, PC Magazine, 14 Oct. 2026 Continue reading … ‘LOT OF HOPE’ — Republicans in historically critical battleground county pull no punches in midterm homestretch. — FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2026 All key battleground states for control of the Senate stand out in this analysis as having increases in the relative size of Democratic voters in the primary electorate. — ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for battleground
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battlefield
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  • Lockheed Martin designed the technology to support PAC-3 operations as battlefield conditions and threat directions change.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Ukraine’s battlefield experiences may offer useful lessons for the Pentagon, which has spent decades developing and testing uncrewed aircraft for casualty evacuation missions without actually putting them into operation.
    — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 20 Oct. 2026
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“Battleground.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/battleground. Accessed 25 Oct. 2026.

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