battlegrounds

plural of battleground
as in battlefields
a place where a battle takes place the verdant hill suddenly turned into a bloody battleground

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Recent Examples of battlegrounds In 2022, a group calling itself the America First SOS Coalition endorsed a slate of cranks and quacks who ran for secretary of state in 14 states, including the presidential battlegrounds of Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada and Wisconsin. Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2026 Rendering examines how artificial intelligence is disrupting the entertainment industry, taking you inside key battlegrounds and spotlighting change-makers wielding the technology for good and ill. Jake Kanter, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2026 The committee also has spent money on digital ads in Senate battlegrounds, according to NBC News. Zac Anderson, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026 The National Republican Senatorial Committee opened a joint fundraising committee with Paxton, but the group is focused on eight Senate battlegrounds — a spread that doesn’t include Texas, said a person familiar with party spending. Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 1 Sep. 2026 The trade war could have an outsized impact on the political environment in several key states that are midterms battlegrounds, including Michigan, Ohio, Maine Iowa and Alaska. Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 24 Aug. 2026 The backlash to the massive server warehouses is enveloping races for governor in some of the nation’s biggest states and presidential battlegrounds. Marc Levy, Fortune, 19 Aug. 2026 Abdul El-Sayed proved that a progressive can win a statewide Democratic primary in one of the nation's biggest battlegrounds. Averi Harper, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2026 California is seen as one of the key battlegrounds for how the technology is regulated across the country. Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for battlegrounds
battlefields
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  • As drone threats continue to spread across battlefields, systems built around that combination of mobility, rapid engagement and relatively simple commercial hardware could become an increasingly common part of frontline air defense.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2026
  • From the battlefields of Afghanistan expelling a global superpower to laying the groundwork for al-Qaeda, FOX News experts and former intelligence officials break down the roots of modern terrorism.
    , FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2026

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“Battlegrounds.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/battlegrounds. Accessed 11 Sep. 2026.

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