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
Despite record-setting fundraising and an optimistic message about efforts to get voters to the polls in 2024, voter turnout in heavily Democratic Mecklenburg once again trailed the rest of North Carolina as Democrats failed to flip the battleground state for presidential candidate Kamala Harris.
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Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 25 Apr. 2025
Purple states are generally presidential battleground states or those where voters regularly split their support between the two parties: Arizona, Michigan, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Wisconsin.
—Rae Ellen Bichell and Rachana Pradhan, Miami Herald, 20 Apr. 2025
But for China, the country is a key battleground where Beijing’s regional ambitions, economic interests, and security concerns intersect.
—Ye Myo Hein, Foreign Affairs, 17 Apr. 2025
The race for the seat is expected to be highly competitive in the battleground state.
—Jared Gans, The Hill, 17 Apr. 2025
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Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 25 Apr. 2025
Purple states are generally presidential battleground states or those where voters regularly split their support between the two parties: Arizona, Michigan, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Wisconsin.
—Rae Ellen Bichell and Rachana Pradhan, Miami Herald, 20 Apr. 2025
But for China, the country is a key battleground where Beijing’s regional ambitions, economic interests, and security concerns intersect.
—Ye Myo Hein, Foreign Affairs, 17 Apr. 2025
The race for the seat is expected to be highly competitive in the battleground state.
—Jared Gans, The Hill, 17 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for battleground
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Retaliatory tariffs have been deployed by major economies, turning trade into a battlefield of tit-for-tat escalation.—
Mohammed Soliman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Apr. 2025
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Our roads have become battlefields, and California is losing the war against drunk driving.—
Cottie Petrie Norris,
Oc Register,
28 Apr. 2025
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“Battleground.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/battleground. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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