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Examples of battleground in a Sentence
the verdant hill suddenly turned into a bloody battleground
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The protection of Japanese Americans’ property and economic rights became a crucial battleground.
—Eric Muller, Twin Cities, 23 Jan. 2025
Trump won Nevada by over 50 percent of the vote, flipping a key battleground state that former President Biden won in 2020.
—Alex Gangitano, The Hill, 21 Jan. 2025
In the capital, Denver, which has become a divisive battleground in the immigration debate, city leaders are bracing for aggressive ICE enforcement actions.
—Rosa Flores, CNN, 21 Jan. 2025
What that research, our battleground polling, and post-election research from the Vera Institute suggests is that voters feel, by and large, only Trump and Republicans are speaking to the issue of immigration.
—Donna Lieberman, New York Daily News, 19 Jan. 2025
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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 30 Jan. 2025.
Kids Definition
battleground
noun
bat·tle·ground
-ˌgrau̇nd
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