battlefront
noun
bat·tle·front
ˈba-tᵊl-ˌfrənt 
1
: the military sector in which actual combat takes place
2
: a place or context within which a struggle is fought
… he had already served more than a decade as an attorney on the battlefronts of the civil rights movement.—
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Female agency and bodily autonomy have once again become political battlefronts, and debates around artificial intelligence have invited anxiety about the future and deeper questions about humanity.
—Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2024
Russia is simply too large for its defenses to simultaneously shield the homeland and the battlefront.
—Andriy Zagorodnyuk, Foreign Affairs, 21 May 2024
Apple’s legal challenge against the commission’s $1.95 billion fine opens yet another battlefront with EU regulators.
—Richard Smirke, Billboard, 22 May 2024
In other words, in the war to keep the most destructive firearms out of the hands of evil-doers, yet another battlefront has opened up.
—Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 1 Mar. 2024
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Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2024
Russia is simply too large for its defenses to simultaneously shield the homeland and the battlefront.
—Andriy Zagorodnyuk, Foreign Affairs, 21 May 2024
Apple’s legal challenge against the commission’s $1.95 billion fine opens yet another battlefront with EU regulators.
—Richard Smirke, Billboard, 22 May 2024
In other words, in the war to keep the most destructive firearms out of the hands of evil-doers, yet another battlefront has opened up.
—Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 1 Mar. 2024
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“Battlefront.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/battlefront. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.
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