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
But in the heat of the exchange, Sharpe shifted the battleground—calling on Jones to settle the score in the gym instead.
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Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 23 June 2025
New polling of likely voters in Senate battleground states has found President Trump’s frequent clashes with federal courts are becoming a hot issue that could put Senate Republican candidates on the defensive in 2026.
—Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 20 June 2025
If the Ukraine war continues and North Korea commits more troops, their battleground knowledge could pose a threat to South Korea, says Cha Du Hyeogn, a former intelligence adviser to the South Korean government who is vice president of the Asan Institute for Policy Studies in Seoul.
—Joanna Kakissis, NPR, 16 June 2025
The next election, at every level, will help decide whether our schools remain sanctuaries of learning or become battlegrounds for political theater.
—Alberto M. Carvalho, Time, 10 June 2025
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Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 23 June 2025
New polling of likely voters in Senate battleground states has found President Trump’s frequent clashes with federal courts are becoming a hot issue that could put Senate Republican candidates on the defensive in 2026.
—Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 20 June 2025
If the Ukraine war continues and North Korea commits more troops, their battleground knowledge could pose a threat to South Korea, says Cha Du Hyeogn, a former intelligence adviser to the South Korean government who is vice president of the Asan Institute for Policy Studies in Seoul.
—Joanna Kakissis, NPR, 16 June 2025
The next election, at every level, will help decide whether our schools remain sanctuaries of learning or become battlegrounds for political theater.
—Alberto M. Carvalho, Time, 10 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for battleground
battlefield
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In late November 1939, three months after the Nazis seized Poland, the Red Army invaded Finland in the Winter War, during which battlefield temperatures dropped as low as minus 45 degrees Fahrenheit.—
Patrick Sauer,
Smithsonian Magazine,
27 June 2025
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That can be back at the negotiating table or back on the battlefield, which the U.S. joined by bombing nuclear sites at Fordo, Natanz and Isfahan.—
New York Daily News,
Twin Cities,
26 June 2025
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“Battleground.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/battleground. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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