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Examples of battleground in a Sentence
the verdant hill suddenly turned into a bloody battleground
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In the Electoral College, Trump managed to win all seven battleground states over Harris, including Nevada, a state not won by a Republican candidate since former President George W. Bush sought reelection in 2004.
—Asher Notheis, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 31 Dec. 2024
Of the five battleground states where a Senate race was on the ballot, Democrats won four, losing only Pennsylvania’s, and that one by a mere fifteen thousand votes, or 0.2 per cent.
—Peter Slevin, The New Yorker, 30 Dec. 2024
In August 2023, Trump and 18 others were indicted for allegedly conspiring to overturn now-President Joe Biden's narrow election victory in the battleground state of Georgia.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Dec. 2024
From a judicial race in the battleground state of Pennsylvania to several notable mayoral races, political observers will be watching to see how these races could signal which way the political winds are blowing.
—Jared Gans, The Hill, 26 Dec. 2024
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First Known Use
1573, in the meaning defined above
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“Battleground.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/battleground. Accessed 14 Jan. 2025.
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battleground
noun
bat·tle·ground
-ˌgrau̇nd
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