as in battlefield
a place where a battle takes place
the verdant hill suddenly turned into a bloody battleground
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Recent Examples of battleground
In Georgia, a battleground controlled largely by Republicans, 10 of the state’s 14 members of the U.S. House did not face a primary challenge.
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Nick Corasaniti, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2025
The cache area was a real battleground, with trees, brush, small vegetation, earth, and snow all plowed up.
—Tom Stacer, Outdoor Life, 20 Feb. 2025
Pictured is a transgender girl from a Riverside high school that has become a key battleground in the raging national debate over transgender youth in sports.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2025
As America’s sports world remains locked in an ongoing culture war over the presence of trans athletes in women’s sports, this year’s Super Bowl ad slate became a battleground.
—Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 10 Feb. 2025
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Nick Corasaniti, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2025
The cache area was a real battleground, with trees, brush, small vegetation, earth, and snow all plowed up.
—Tom Stacer, Outdoor Life, 20 Feb. 2025
Pictured is a transgender girl from a Riverside high school that has become a key battleground in the raging national debate over transgender youth in sports.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2025
As America’s sports world remains locked in an ongoing culture war over the presence of trans athletes in women’s sports, this year’s Super Bowl ad slate became a battleground.
—Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 10 Feb. 2025
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“Battleground.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/battleground. Accessed 10 Mar. 2025.
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