battlefront
noun
bat·tle·front
ˈba-tᵊl-ˌfrənt 
1
: the military sector in which actual combat takes place
2
: a place or context within which a struggle is fought
… he had already served more than a decade as an attorney on the battlefronts of the civil rights movement.—
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Kyiv has repeatedly warned that freezing the battlefront would allow Moscow to fortify its positions, entrench in occupied territory and rearm to come back for more.
—Faith E. Pinho, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2025
In Ukraine, as in Korea seven decades ago, a static battlefront and intractable political differences call for a cease-fire that would pause the violence while putting off thorny political issues for another day.
—Carter Malkasian, Foreign Affairs, 20 June 2023
Similar debates have shot through the many battlefronts of the culture wars, such as identity politics and the debate over what books belong in the canon.
—Ralph Leonard, The Atlantic, 4 Feb. 2025
An honor guard loaded the caisson, a ceremonial wagon designed a century ago to ferry artillery to the battlefront and the wounded and dead to the rear, with an empty coffin.
—Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2025
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Faith E. Pinho, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2025
In Ukraine, as in Korea seven decades ago, a static battlefront and intractable political differences call for a cease-fire that would pause the violence while putting off thorny political issues for another day.
—Carter Malkasian, Foreign Affairs, 20 June 2023
Similar debates have shot through the many battlefronts of the culture wars, such as identity politics and the debate over what books belong in the canon.
—Ralph Leonard, The Atlantic, 4 Feb. 2025
An honor guard loaded the caisson, a ceremonial wagon designed a century ago to ferry artillery to the battlefront and the wounded and dead to the rear, with an empty coffin.
—Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2025
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“Battlefront.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/battlefront. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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