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
Shifting any seats into competitive battlegrounds could threaten Republicans’ razor-thin majority in an election cycle where Trump will not be at the top of the ballot to drive turnout.
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Rachel Schilke, The Washington Examiner, 1 Sep. 2025
Cracker Barrel’s episode illustrates the impossibility of separating branding decisions from America’s cultural battlegrounds.
—Doug Melville, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
North Carolina, Pennsylvania, all of these big battlegrounds have lost Democrats in large numbers, again, just this decade.
—ABC News, 24 Aug. 2025
Hodges knew that in the mid-1960s, where schools remained racial battlegrounds, a young Black woman could not openly carry a gun.
—Literary Hub, 21 Aug. 2025
Furthermore, the key battlegrounds between China and the US will be reusable spacecraft and proliferated architect satellite networks.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 10 Mar. 2025
Test yourself on film feats, basketball battlegrounds and sizzling speeches inthis week's American Culture Quiz.
—Fox News Staff, Fox News, 7 Mar. 2025
The additional troops have been sent to the battlegrounds in Russia’s Kursk region, the reports said.
—Reuters, NBC News, 27 Feb. 2025
Quebec and Ontario, historically crucial battlegrounds, have seen a significant increase in Liberal support.
—Ross Rosenfeld, Newsweek, 26 Feb. 2025
Rachel Schilke, The Washington Examiner, 1 Sep. 2025
Cracker Barrel’s episode illustrates the impossibility of separating branding decisions from America’s cultural battlegrounds.
—Doug Melville, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
North Carolina, Pennsylvania, all of these big battlegrounds have lost Democrats in large numbers, again, just this decade.
—ABC News, 24 Aug. 2025
Hodges knew that in the mid-1960s, where schools remained racial battlegrounds, a young Black woman could not openly carry a gun.
—Literary Hub, 21 Aug. 2025
Furthermore, the key battlegrounds between China and the US will be reusable spacecraft and proliferated architect satellite networks.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 10 Mar. 2025
Test yourself on film feats, basketball battlegrounds and sizzling speeches inthis week's American Culture Quiz.
—Fox News Staff, Fox News, 7 Mar. 2025
The additional troops have been sent to the battlegrounds in Russia’s Kursk region, the reports said.
—Reuters, NBC News, 27 Feb. 2025
Quebec and Ontario, historically crucial battlegrounds, have seen a significant increase in Liberal support.
—Ross Rosenfeld, Newsweek, 26 Feb. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for battlegrounds
battlefields
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The company revealed that in today’s complex and contested battlefields, operators rely on fast and accurate communications to inform key decisions in the field.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Sep. 2025
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The National Park Service also manages nearly 400 other areas designated for their national significance as battlefields, military or historic sites, lakeshores, seashores, monuments, parkways, recreation areas, trails, rivers and preserves.—
Jeffrey C. Hallo,
The Conversation,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Battlegrounds.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/battlegrounds. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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