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
Some Russian cheerleaders of the war grumbled on social media that a deal with the United States could sell out the soldiers on the battlefield.
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Anton Troianovski, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2025
On the battlefield, the war itself has killed or wounded more than 600,000 Russian soldiers.
—Ronald H. Linden, The Conversation, 10 Feb. 2025
Ukraine has struggled on the battlefield as nearly three years of fighting has worn down weapons stocks and depleted its ranks.
—Isabelle Khurshudyan and Ellen Francis The Washington Post, arkansasonline.com, 9 Feb. 2025
With Russia making steady battlefield gains, Putin has shown no appetite for a truce without significant territorial gains and a promise Ukraine will never join NATO.
—Alexander Smith, NBC News, 4 Feb. 2025
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Anton Troianovski, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2025
On the battlefield, the war itself has killed or wounded more than 600,000 Russian soldiers.
—Ronald H. Linden, The Conversation, 10 Feb. 2025
Ukraine has struggled on the battlefield as nearly three years of fighting has worn down weapons stocks and depleted its ranks.
—Isabelle Khurshudyan and Ellen Francis The Washington Post, arkansasonline.com, 9 Feb. 2025
With Russia making steady battlefield gains, Putin has shown no appetite for a truce without significant territorial gains and a promise Ukraine will never join NATO.
—Alexander Smith, NBC News, 4 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for battlefield
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Drivers will compete head-to-head, starting with a field of 32 drivers, shrinking to 16, eight, four and then the final two remaining drivers will battle for a $1 million prize.—
Shane Connuck,
Charlotte Observer,
11 Feb. 2025
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Autor also suggests that the field was failing to ask the right questions and look carefully at the evidence, and that economists didn't have the same data-crunching abilities back then.—
Greg Rosalsky,
NPR,
11 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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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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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 21 Feb. 2025.
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