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 event highlighted one of the latest battlegrounds within reality television.
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Peter White, Deadline, 23 July 2025
Now the battleground is a new generation of electric vehicles, and the Germans are playing catch-up.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 23 July 2025
Months after Democrats suffered a major blow with Trump sweeping all seven battleground states and the GOP winning control of both houses of Congress, the party is still seeking to put the pieces back together.
—Jared Gans, The Hill, 20 July 2025
The White House aims to avoid a messy primary in the critical battleground state and is determining how to engage in the race.
—Hannah Demissie, ABC News, 22 July 2025
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Peter White, Deadline, 23 July 2025
Now the battleground is a new generation of electric vehicles, and the Germans are playing catch-up.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 23 July 2025
Months after Democrats suffered a major blow with Trump sweeping all seven battleground states and the GOP winning control of both houses of Congress, the party is still seeking to put the pieces back together.
—Jared Gans, The Hill, 20 July 2025
The White House aims to avoid a messy primary in the critical battleground state and is determining how to engage in the race.
—Hannah Demissie, ABC News, 22 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for battleground
battlefield
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Close followers of Moscow say Russia is not looking to end the war yet, however, given its advantageous position on the battlefield in Ukraine, where its forces occupy swathes of territory in the south and east.—
Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
15 Aug. 2025
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Russian forces are making incremental gains on the battlefield toward the Ukrainian city of Dobropillya, but at exorbitantly high costs.—
Mike Brest,
The Washington Examiner,
15 Aug. 2025
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“Battleground.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/battleground. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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