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
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.
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Jake Kanter, Deadline, 5 Feb. 2026
Federal attorneys have already faced criticism from a judge in Minnesota, which has emerged as one of the most heated immigration battlegrounds so far.
—Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 29 Jan. 2026
The town hall comes as state lawmakers prepare for another legislative session where election authority and local control are expected to be key battlegrounds heading into 2026.
—Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 22 Jan. 2026
But as many began using CEQA to challenge substations, transmission lines, and grid interconnections, what were once technical decisions gradually became legal battlegrounds.
—Claudia Nunes, Oc Register, 20 Jan. 2026
But lobbyists can’t change the fact that AI and data centers are emerging grassroots battlegrounds.
—Orlando Sentinel, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Jan. 2026
But lobbyists can’t change the fact that AI and data centers are emerging grassroots battlegrounds.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 12 Jan. 2026
Six years later, Vrabel can see the Chargers coming to fight the Patriots on those same battlegrounds.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 8 Jan. 2026
From the Civil War battlegrounds of Gettysburg to the birthplace of the fearsome Dracula in Transylvania, this Travel Channel show proves that Bagans and his team shy away from no haunted location.
—Ilana Gordon, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Dec. 2025
Jake Kanter, Deadline, 5 Feb. 2026
Federal attorneys have already faced criticism from a judge in Minnesota, which has emerged as one of the most heated immigration battlegrounds so far.
—Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 29 Jan. 2026
The town hall comes as state lawmakers prepare for another legislative session where election authority and local control are expected to be key battlegrounds heading into 2026.
—Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 22 Jan. 2026
But as many began using CEQA to challenge substations, transmission lines, and grid interconnections, what were once technical decisions gradually became legal battlegrounds.
—Claudia Nunes, Oc Register, 20 Jan. 2026
But lobbyists can’t change the fact that AI and data centers are emerging grassroots battlegrounds.
—Orlando Sentinel, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Jan. 2026
But lobbyists can’t change the fact that AI and data centers are emerging grassroots battlegrounds.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 12 Jan. 2026
Six years later, Vrabel can see the Chargers coming to fight the Patriots on those same battlegrounds.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 8 Jan. 2026
From the Civil War battlegrounds of Gettysburg to the birthplace of the fearsome Dracula in Transylvania, this Travel Channel show proves that Bagans and his team shy away from no haunted location.
—Ilana Gordon, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for battlegrounds
battlefields
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These were modern inventions made possible by the introduction of railroads to transport prisoners long distances from battlefields, and by the growth of administrative and organizational structures required to manage not just mass armies but hundreds of thousands of prisoners.—
Drew Gilpin Faust,
The Atlantic,
8 Feb. 2026
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Halo Studios is also introducing vehicles and weapons from later Halo entries, upping the variety of the action on the game's many battlefields.—
Fran Ruiz,
Space.com,
6 Feb. 2026
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“Battlegrounds.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/battlegrounds. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.
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