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Examples of battleground in a Sentence
the verdant hill suddenly turned into a bloody battleground
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Trump received 48% of the votes in the battleground state four years ago.
—Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 20 Nov. 2024
On election day, bomb threats were conveyed to polling sites in battleground states Georgia, Michigan, Arizona and Wisconsin, with the FBI stating that the hoax threats emanated from Russian email domains.
—Colin P. Clarke, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024
Multiple battleground states — Arizona, Georgia, North Carolina and Pennsylvania — were home to dozens of these struggling markets.
—Jasmine Cui, NBC News, 10 Nov. 2024
Brian Kemp The 61-year-old Georgia governor has had a tough time dealing with Trump in the past few years, but their relationship has been somehow repaired in the summer as the two sought an alliance that would increase the GOP's chances of winning the battleground state on November 5.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 7 Nov. 2024
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First Known Use
1573, in the meaning defined above
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“Battleground.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/battleground. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.
Kids Definition
battleground
noun
bat·tle·ground
-ˌgrau̇nd
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