fieldwork
noun
field·work
ˈfēld-ˌwərk 
1
: a temporary fortification thrown up by an army in the field
2
: work done in the field (as by students) to gain practical experience and knowledge through firsthand observation
3
: the gathering of anthropological or sociological data through the interviewing and observation of subjects in the field
Examples of fieldwork in a Sentence
an anthropologist who has done fieldwork in the South Pacific
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Seasonal employees—who patrol treacherous rivers, maintain rocky climbing routes, and care for critical salmon fisheries—form the backbone of essential fieldwork and research, and are at the forefront.
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Krista Simmons, Sunset Magazine, 28 Oct. 2024
The poll, produced for ABC News by Langer Research Associates, with fieldwork by Ipsos, finds that 56% of Americans now favor deporting all undocumented immigrants, up 20 points from eight years ago.
—Gary Langer, ABC News, 13 Oct. 2024
That rises to 92% of Harris supporters in this poll, produced for ABC by Langer Research Associates with fieldwork by Ipsos.
—Allison De Jong, ABC News, 29 Oct. 2024
The team also found that rays displaced a total of 4.95 cubic meters of sediment when fieldwork was carried out, averaging 0.83 cubic meters per day.
—Melissa Cristina Marquez, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
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Krista Simmons, Sunset Magazine, 28 Oct. 2024
The poll, produced for ABC News by Langer Research Associates, with fieldwork by Ipsos, finds that 56% of Americans now favor deporting all undocumented immigrants, up 20 points from eight years ago.
—Gary Langer, ABC News, 13 Oct. 2024
That rises to 92% of Harris supporters in this poll, produced for ABC by Langer Research Associates with fieldwork by Ipsos.
—Allison De Jong, ABC News, 29 Oct. 2024
The team also found that rays displaced a total of 4.95 cubic meters of sediment when fieldwork was carried out, averaging 0.83 cubic meters per day.
—Melissa Cristina Marquez, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
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“Fieldwork.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fieldwork. Accessed 25 Nov. 2024.
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