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
Michigan is set to face a competitive primary and fierce race for the battleground state's open U.S. Senate seat in 2026.
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Oren Oppenheim, ABC News, 22 Apr. 2025
Tucked within a crucial battleground state, Macomb played a pivotal role in tipping the election, flipping the state back to Trump and helping to deliver him the White House.
—Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Apr. 2025
For the Republican Party, particularly those in vulnerable congressional districts and battleground states, this is a political liability.
—Averi Harper, ABC News, 29 Apr. 2025
Trump is set to be in Michigan on Tuesday for a rally in the battleground state to mark the 100th day of his second term.
—Ramsey Touchberry, The Washington Examiner, 28 Apr. 2025
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Oren Oppenheim, ABC News, 22 Apr. 2025
Tucked within a crucial battleground state, Macomb played a pivotal role in tipping the election, flipping the state back to Trump and helping to deliver him the White House.
—Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Apr. 2025
For the Republican Party, particularly those in vulnerable congressional districts and battleground states, this is a political liability.
—Averi Harper, ABC News, 29 Apr. 2025
Trump is set to be in Michigan on Tuesday for a rally in the battleground state to mark the 100th day of his second term.
—Ramsey Touchberry, The Washington Examiner, 28 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for battleground
battlefield
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And if culture is the battlefield, Abdul Muhammad II is determined to win—not with force, but with wisdom.—
Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
10 May 2025
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By World War II, biomedical advances like surgical techniques and antibiotics had proved vital on the battlefield.—
Christine Coughlin,
The Conversation,
9 May 2025
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“Battleground.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/battleground. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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