as in field
a place where a battle takes place
wounded soldiers being carried off the battlefield
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Recent Examples of battlefield
Large groups of people milled around displays of Israeli drones and other battlefield tech, speaking with company representatives at the bustling pavilion and asking questions about the hardware.
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Natasha Turak, CNBC, 21 Feb. 2025
The first episode opens in a war zone in Syria, 1941, where the adrenaline rush of the battlefield sinks its terrible claws into Dorrigo, the rookie medical officer, who is unable to save a small boy or another soldier whose body is blown apart by a landmine.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 18 Feb. 2025
Unlike his predecessors, Lincoln could receive in-the-moment battlefield reports and instantly relay orders and strategies to his generals.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Feb. 2025
Number two, this can't be ended on the battlefield.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 16 Feb. 2025
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Natasha Turak, CNBC, 21 Feb. 2025
The first episode opens in a war zone in Syria, 1941, where the adrenaline rush of the battlefield sinks its terrible claws into Dorrigo, the rookie medical officer, who is unable to save a small boy or another soldier whose body is blown apart by a landmine.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 18 Feb. 2025
Unlike his predecessors, Lincoln could receive in-the-moment battlefield reports and instantly relay orders and strategies to his generals.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Feb. 2025
Number two, this can't be ended on the battlefield.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 16 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for battlefield
Noun
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Kim Kardashian faces lawsuit amid her own legal training The suit comes amid Kardashian's nascent interest in entering the legal field.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA TODAY,
25 Feb. 2025
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Apple will double its U.S. Advanced Manufacturing Fund to $10 billion, create an academy in Michigan to train the next generation of U.S. manufacturers and grow its research and development investments in the U.S. to support cutting-edge fields.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
24 Feb. 2025
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Despite record-setting fundraising and an optimistic message about efforts to get voters to the polls in 2024, voter turnout in heavily Democratic Mecklenburg once again trailed the rest of North Carolina as Democrats failed to flip the battleground state for presidential candidate Kamala Harris.—
Mary Ramsey,
Charlotte Observer,
14 Feb. 2025
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As EVs become an increasingly important geopolitical battleground, former Pakistan finance minister Miftah Ismail says that, at least in the short-term, Pakistan could serve as a sort of pressure release valve for Beijing.—
Hasan Ali,
The Christian Science Monitor,
14 Feb. 2025
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Reddish light, which travels more directly in the air, manifests to ground observers during sunrises and sunsets when the sun is near the horizon and its incoming light travels at a longer, low-angle path through Earth's atmosphere.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA TODAY,
19 Feb. 2025
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The platform gained ground through investments in local series and sports content.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
18 Feb. 2025
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“Battlefield.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/battlefield. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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