turfs

noun

variants also turves
plural of turf
as in territories

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  1. territories
  2. subjects
  3. rackets
  4. pursuits
  5. occupations
  6. studies
Noun
  • More than 9,000 participants from 36 states and territories and five international participants are taking part in Northern Strike 26-2, one of the nation's largest reserve-component military readiness exercises.
    — Olivianna Calmes, FOXNews.com, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Lionsgate is distributing the film across select international territories, underscoring the production’s positioning for global audiences.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of territories
Noun
  • The students will pursue research across a variety of subjects — cancer, biology, immunology, neurobiology, computational neuroscience, and quantum biology and medicine.
    — John Odenthal, CBS News, 9 Aug. 2026
  • The film then introduces us to the four girls who are its principal subjects, and who will each set their sales goal and attempt to fulfill it through the duration of the Girl Scout Cookie season.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of subjects
Noun
  • Manzo was an outspoken critic of cartel involvement in extortion and other rackets.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2026
  • The allegation was just part of a drumbeat of US criticism over the cartels’ political protection rackets.
    — Mary Beth Sheridan, CNN Money, 25 July 2026
Definition of rackets
Noun
  • That’s what makes Smart’s and Zendaya’s pursuits so compelling.
    — Clayton Davis, Variety, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Vidal’s lawsuit cites statistics showing that police pursuits and crashes rose sharply under the Adams administration.
    — John Annese, New York Daily News, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of pursuits
Noun
  • The lesson is that isolated task automation rarely results in large-scale job losses, except in occupations built around a very narrow set of activities.
    — Adam Schickling, Fortune, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Governments, business leaders, and economists have tried to estimate which occupations will disappear, which new ones will emerge, and what skills people will need to remain competitive.
    — Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of occupations
Noun
  • There will be an update on development studies at a meeting in October.
    — Amelia Mugavero, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026
  • What’s more, changing vaccine ingredients would require new studies, which would be costly and take years.
    — Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of studies
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