on defense

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: on the part of a team that defends the goal

She began the season on defense, but her coach later put her on offense.

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Macdonald in his first season has reversed a 10-year slide on defense. —

Jeff Howe, The Athletic, 25 Dec. 2024 Already without Elijah Molden, who missed the game because of a knee injury, the Chargers suddenly needed practice squad call-up Kendall Williamson on defense. —

Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 25 Dec. 2024 Only Poland spends over 4% of its GDP on defense, while four nations spend over 3%, including Estonia, the U.S., Latvia and Greece. Croatia, Portugal, Italy, Canada, Belgium, Luxembourg, Slovenia and Spain have yet to meet their defense spending commitments. —

Caitlin McFall, Fox News, 23 Dec. 2024 More news: Blockbuster Trade Idea Sees Lakers Land Multi-Time All-Star and $18M Wing The biggest areas that the Lakers need help with are in the frontcourt and on defense. —

Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for on defense