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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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4
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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5
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
Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 29 Sep. 2025
The area has flat dirt trails for hikers and bikers, rock canyons and open grass fields.
—Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2025
The Founding Fathers idolized Cincinnatus, who was appointed dictator to save the Roman Republic, then peacefully returned to his fields.
—Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
China’s ambitious space program last year brought back the world’s first samples from the far side of the moon; the country is at the cutting edge of fields like renewable energy and quantum communications as well as military technologies like hypersonic missiles.
—Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025
Special education consistently ranks among the top fields for teacher shortages, and state data show just 46% of those teachers remain in Wisconsin, and 27% in their district, after seven years on the job.
—Cleo Krejci, jsonline.com, 29 Sep. 2025
One key example is nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometers, widely used in fields such as medical imaging and chemical analysis.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 29 Sep. 2025
The Giants turned those short fields into 11 points.
—Dan Duggan, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
The Rac complex issued a statement on Facebook on Sunday night, saying all activities on the fields were suspended until further notice.
—Mason Leath, ABC News, 22 Sep. 2025
Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2025
Awards Intelligence typically fields inquiries from colleagues, friends, or family members who believe someone deserves recognition.
—Matt Emma, USA Today, 19 Sep. 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.
—Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
Panouses regularly fields inquiries from investors, scammers and people in need, all trying to reach his clients.
—Safiyah Riddle, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2025
Wetlands, unlike the rice fields the land had once been, don’t make money and are expensive to maintain.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2025
For the first month, the culture ambassador (teammate/mentor) acts as a living handbook and morale booster who fields the un-Googleable questions, demonstrates how compassion looks in real time and runs a quick daily pulse check.
—Aaron Marcum, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Davidson fields questions on Medicaid, bipartisanship and privacy One constiuent expressed concern about Ohioans losing Medicaid coverage.
—Erin Glynn, The Enquirer, 28 Aug. 2025
The club, which plays in the USL Championship, currently fields its games at Keyworth Stadium in the city of Hamtramck.
—Christian Romo, Freep.com, 12 Aug. 2025
Noun
Ultimately, the goal is to spark a conversation, and give casual fans a chance to argue with Emanuel, Persky, and some of the world’s experts in their respective fields.
—Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 29 Sep. 2025
The area has flat dirt trails for hikers and bikers, rock canyons and open grass fields.
—Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2025
The Founding Fathers idolized Cincinnatus, who was appointed dictator to save the Roman Republic, then peacefully returned to his fields.
—Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
China’s ambitious space program last year brought back the world’s first samples from the far side of the moon; the country is at the cutting edge of fields like renewable energy and quantum communications as well as military technologies like hypersonic missiles.
—Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025
Special education consistently ranks among the top fields for teacher shortages, and state data show just 46% of those teachers remain in Wisconsin, and 27% in their district, after seven years on the job.
—Cleo Krejci, jsonline.com, 29 Sep. 2025
One key example is nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometers, widely used in fields such as medical imaging and chemical analysis.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 29 Sep. 2025
The Giants turned those short fields into 11 points.
—Dan Duggan, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
The Rac complex issued a statement on Facebook on Sunday night, saying all activities on the fields were suspended until further notice.
—Mason Leath, ABC News, 22 Sep. 2025
Verb
The push for more capacity comes as China fields the world’s largest navy by hull count and rapidly expands its shipbuilding sector.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2025
Awards Intelligence typically fields inquiries from colleagues, friends, or family members who believe someone deserves recognition.
—Matt Emma, USA Today, 19 Sep. 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.
—Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
Panouses regularly fields inquiries from investors, scammers and people in need, all trying to reach his clients.
—Safiyah Riddle, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2025
Wetlands, unlike the rice fields the land had once been, don’t make money and are expensive to maintain.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2025
For the first month, the culture ambassador (teammate/mentor) acts as a living handbook and morale booster who fields the un-Googleable questions, demonstrates how compassion looks in real time and runs a quick daily pulse check.
—Aaron Marcum, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Davidson fields questions on Medicaid, bipartisanship and privacy One constiuent expressed concern about Ohioans losing Medicaid coverage.
—Erin Glynn, The Enquirer, 28 Aug. 2025
The club, which plays in the USL Championship, currently fields its games at Keyworth Stadium in the city of Hamtramck.
—Christian Romo, Freep.com, 12 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fields
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Failure to provide additional information or consents will be grounds for disqualification, unless prohibited under applicable law.—
Time,
Time,
29 Sep. 2025
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According to court documents, the suspect used his phone on school grounds at least once, on video.—
Michael Ruiz , Adam Sabes,
FOXNews.com,
29 Sep. 2025
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His work with rural counties has earned favorable notices, but in urban areas like Phoenix, many of the experts in Joan's reporting raised questions about Livar's effectiveness.—
Shaun McKinnon,
AZCentral.com,
30 Sep. 2025
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Miner did not say whether a decline in international students would hurt UC's finances but indicated that administrators are shifting enrollment efforts to other areas abroad.—
David Ferrara,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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There aren’t enough construction zones this summer.—
Mark Phelan,
USA Today,
27 Sep. 2025
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Williams said that unhoused residents have become better at complying with the no-encampment zones, though there have been some hiccups in the initial stages.—
Devan Patel,
Mercury News,
26 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Accusations of fakery in combat photography go back at least to Mathew Brady’s pictures of Civil War battlefields.—
Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
27 Sep. 2025
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The Civil War unfolded in battlefields, but also wrought the Draft Riots in New York City, during which dozens of Black residents were murdered, property was destroyed, and the city terrified.—
Annie Polland,
Time,
25 Sep. 2025
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The chief of Ukraine's SBU security agency, Vasyl Maliuk, later said 150 combat first person-view drones were used in Operation Spiderweb, smuggled over the border and placed close to the airfields.—
Ellie Cook,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
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In June, Ukrainian forces destroyed or damaged dozens of Russian aircraft using small drones that were smuggled to the vicinity of Russian military airfields in trucks.—
Svitlana Vlasova,
CNN Money,
29 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Vast expanses of aluminum panels and budget glass, slabs that look like they were drawn with a hacksaw, façades checkered with air conditioners, stretches of dead street frontage—the whole neighborhood looks like a first draft.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
22 Sep. 2025
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On the northern shore, Sarakiniko serves as a particular highlight thanks to its dramatic appearance, with vast expanses of bone-white rock stretching across its shoreline.—
Jared Ranahan,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Anything can impact a president's rating, such as legislation passed, actions and elections.—
Laura Daniella Sepulveda,
AZCentral.com,
27 Sep. 2025
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The new report called for Bickle to apologize for his actions.—
Judy L. Thomas,
Kansas City Star,
27 Sep. 2025
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Schermer discussed his work as founder and CEO of Project Healthy Minds, a non-profit that addresses the barriers to finding mental health care and offers tools to make accessing services easier.—
Steven J. Horowitz,
Variety,
26 Sep. 2025
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The achievement addresses a long-standing challenge in creating the practical components needed to build and scale quantum communication systems.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Fields.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fields. Accessed 3 Oct. 2025.
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