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as in grounds
a small area of usually open land
a field that is the frequent site of neighborhood softball games
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2
as in areas
a region of activity, knowledge, or influence
the first woman to enter the field of medicine
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as in battlefields
a place where a battle takes place
the field where two mighty armies met and changed the course of history
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as in airfields
a place from which aircraft operate that usually has paved runways and a terminal
Worsham Field in Corpus Christi used to be home to a sizable crop dusting operation
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as in expanses
a wide space or area
the cemetery's field of crosses for the war's fallen seemed to stretch to infinity
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as in actions
active fighting during the course of a war
in the classroom the general had been a brilliant theoretician, but in the field he proved to be a wholly incompetent tactician
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as in addresses
to deal with (something) usually skillfully or efficiently
gave the waitress a large tip because she kept smiling as she fielded their many requests
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Recent Examples of fields
Bryan Hendricks, Arkansas Online, 15 Feb. 2026
Dual moguls sees two skiers racing side by side down the course featuring two jumps and fields of bumps, known as moguls.
—Sean Nevin, NBC news, 15 Feb. 2026
Explorers scouring the lakeside soon discovered other, even more productive fields.
—Mery Mogollón, Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2026
Kip Hodges, one of Bohon’s dissertation advisers, said geology synthesizes fields.
—Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 15 Feb. 2026
The farm has been so long neglected that its barn and homestead are in complete disrepair, its fields untended and its livestock distributed among the villagers, none of whom volunteer to return the animals.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 15 Feb. 2026
Members will come in for checkups, healthy meals, and talks from experts in various fields.
—Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 14 Feb. 2026
In Jeju that meant foggy mornings running through canola flower fields and past squids drying on a line.
—Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Feb. 2026
But the extent of Epstein’s connections to seemingly countless powerful individuals in numerous fields, including media, validates the feeling that some Epstein obsessives have shared.
—Max Tani, semafor.com, 9 Feb. 2026
Adam Leventhal, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2026
With the singles fields down to 16 players apiece, matches will no longer overlap.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 26 Jan. 2026
Neisz, a three-time Emmy Award-winning TV producer, director and editor with extensive experience in reality and documentary projects, often fields ideas and helps with casting, pitching and bringing a project to production.
—Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Dec. 2025
The Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy has over 370 operational ships and submarines, while the China Coast Guard fields more than 150 vessels over 1,000 tons.
—Simon Crerar, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2025
The wheat fields themselves told their own story—deep brown and newly tilled in autumn, then green in spring, golden in summer.
—Hannah Howard, Travel + Leisure, 22 Nov. 2025
Britain fields its own warheads but uses the same reentry-vehicle structures and missile bodies supplied through longstanding cooperation agreements.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 17 Nov. 2025
Awards Intelligence typically fields inquiries from colleagues, friends, or family members who believe someone deserves recognition.
—Matt Emma, USA Today, 19 Sep. 2025
Noun
Wildlife agencies have long used remote cameras to gather evidence in the forests and fields.
—Bryan Hendricks, Arkansas Online, 15 Feb. 2026
Dual moguls sees two skiers racing side by side down the course featuring two jumps and fields of bumps, known as moguls.
—Sean Nevin, NBC news, 15 Feb. 2026
Explorers scouring the lakeside soon discovered other, even more productive fields.
—Mery Mogollón, Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2026
Kip Hodges, one of Bohon’s dissertation advisers, said geology synthesizes fields.
—Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 15 Feb. 2026
The farm has been so long neglected that its barn and homestead are in complete disrepair, its fields untended and its livestock distributed among the villagers, none of whom volunteer to return the animals.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 15 Feb. 2026
Members will come in for checkups, healthy meals, and talks from experts in various fields.
—Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 14 Feb. 2026
In Jeju that meant foggy mornings running through canola flower fields and past squids drying on a line.
—Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Feb. 2026
But the extent of Epstein’s connections to seemingly countless powerful individuals in numerous fields, including media, validates the feeling that some Epstein obsessives have shared.
—Max Tani, semafor.com, 9 Feb. 2026
Verb
Former Premier League striker Mikkel Beck — once a Denmark international who represented Middlesbrough in the 1990s — is now a player representative and fields questions on players driving moves, future trends and why clubs pay agents’ fees.
—Adam Leventhal, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2026
With the singles fields down to 16 players apiece, matches will no longer overlap.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 26 Jan. 2026
Neisz, a three-time Emmy Award-winning TV producer, director and editor with extensive experience in reality and documentary projects, often fields ideas and helps with casting, pitching and bringing a project to production.
—Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Dec. 2025
The Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy has over 370 operational ships and submarines, while the China Coast Guard fields more than 150 vessels over 1,000 tons.
—Simon Crerar, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2025
The wheat fields themselves told their own story—deep brown and newly tilled in autumn, then green in spring, golden in summer.
—Hannah Howard, Travel + Leisure, 22 Nov. 2025
Britain fields its own warheads but uses the same reentry-vehicle structures and missile bodies supplied through longstanding cooperation agreements.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 17 Nov. 2025
Awards Intelligence typically fields inquiries from colleagues, friends, or family members who believe someone deserves recognition.
—Matt Emma, USA Today, 19 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fields
Noun
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Fresh coffee grounds can help absorb unwanted odors.—
Stacey Lastoe,
Southern Living,
15 Feb. 2026
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The federal investigators encountered puddles of crude oil on the facility grounds, as well as caustic fumes emanating from the facility, resulting in violations for air quality and other environmental infractions.—
Tony Briscoe,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Feb. 2026
Noun
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From 2021 to 2024 enrollment growth in the county’s wealthiest areas was triple that in the poorest.—
CalMatters,
Oc Register,
18 Feb. 2026
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During periods of intense rainfall, the risk of flooding increases, particularly in low-lying and flood-prone areas.—
Southern California Weather Report,
Daily News,
18 Feb. 2026
Noun
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There are multiple cultivars that perform well in all hardiness zones.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
17 Feb. 2026
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Morgan said the cameras would be similar to ones previously used by the CTDOT in work zones as well as red light and speed cameras used in municipalities on state and local roads.—
Sean Krofssik,
Hartford Courant,
17 Feb. 2026
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The 54-year-old insightfully, entertainingly and at times harrowingly recalled experiences on the football fields of Texas and the battlefields of Iraq.—
Edgar Thompson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 Feb. 2026
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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
Noun
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Since 2014, the Russian military has opened several military bases in the Arctic and worked on reconstructing airfields.—
Danica Kirka,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Jan. 2026
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Perhaps Ukraine’s biggest drone success in 2025 was Operation Spider, a complex covert operation that saw shipping containers placed within FPV range of Russia’s heavy bomber airfields in Siberia.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
28 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Under her latest alias, Angel Marcloid offers a beguiling collection of modular synth experiments that cycle between harsh textures and monochromatic expanses.—
Maxie Younger,
Pitchfork,
11 Feb. 2026
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Nature lovers seeking fresh air and green open spaces will delight in the city’s location directly by the lake, in its abundant expanses of forest and parkland, and in its very own mountain, the Uetliberg.—
Meghan Palmer,
Condé Nast Traveler,
11 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Jackson County alerted local schools to continue monitoring the issue, but law enforcement did not have probable cause to arrest or take other actions, according to the statement.—
Eric Levenson,
CNN Money,
16 Feb. 2026
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Last Thursday, the league issued a $500,000 fine to the Utah Jazz and a $100,000 penalty to the Indiana Pacers for sitting healthy players, believing their apparent tanking actions compromised the league's competitive integrity.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
15 Feb. 2026
Verb
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This research addresses one of the most complex problems in current robotics, the coordination of two arms working together.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Feb. 2026
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New Indianapolis police chief Tanya Terry addresses viral officer threat video.—
Evan Frank,
IndyStar,
12 Feb. 2026
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“Fields.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fields. Accessed 23 Feb. 2026.
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