field event
noun
: an event (such as weight-throwing or jumping) in a track-and-field meet other than a race
Examples of field event in a Sentence
a discus thrower who excelled at all the field events
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Specialized running shoes trim off seconds in track and field events.
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Rhett Allain, Wired News, 4 Apr. 2025
On the prospect end of things, these football players have been preparing for something more like a track and field event over the past months since their college football seasons ended.
—David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 24 Feb. 2025
Biles and Snoop Dogg were also seen at the Olympics together, watching the women’s track and field events.
—Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 25 Nov. 2024
The annual indoor track & field event is one of the most prestigious in the world and features arguably the premier one-mile event in the world, the Wanamaker Mile.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 8 Feb. 2025
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Rhett Allain, Wired News, 4 Apr. 2025
On the prospect end of things, these football players have been preparing for something more like a track and field event over the past months since their college football seasons ended.
—David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 24 Feb. 2025
Biles and Snoop Dogg were also seen at the Olympics together, watching the women’s track and field events.
—Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 25 Nov. 2024
The annual indoor track & field event is one of the most prestigious in the world and features arguably the premier one-mile event in the world, the Wanamaker Mile.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 8 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for field event
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“Field event.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/field%20event. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.
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