as in battlefields
a place where a battle takes place
the verdant hill suddenly turned into a bloody battleground
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Recent Examples of battlegrounds
Her campaign spent a billion dollars before Election Day but still failed to win over a majority of voters in battlegrounds.
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Dan Perry, Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2024
Democrats are soul-searching in the Southern battlegrounds.
—Matthew Cullen, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2024
Pennsylvania was expected to be one of the closest battlegrounds in both the presidential and Senate races.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 7 Nov. 2024
Harris adviser David Plouffe said this week the vice president could win all seven battlegrounds.
—Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 6 Nov. 2024
So far, reliably Republican or Democratic states have been called, but no major battlegrounds.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2024
Michigan is among a handful of critical battlegrounds that are set to determine who wins the White House.
—Julia Mueller, The Hill, 6 Nov. 2024
Georgia was one of the most valuable battlegrounds with its 16 electoral votes, and both candidates had spent time there in the closing days of the campaign.
—Brett Samuels, The Hill, 6 Nov. 2024
Michigan The state that Biden carried with his largest margin among the battlegrounds four years ago was flashing warning signs for the vice president.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2024
Dan Perry, Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2024
Democrats are soul-searching in the Southern battlegrounds.
—Matthew Cullen, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2024
Pennsylvania was expected to be one of the closest battlegrounds in both the presidential and Senate races.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 7 Nov. 2024
Harris adviser David Plouffe said this week the vice president could win all seven battlegrounds.
—Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 6 Nov. 2024
So far, reliably Republican or Democratic states have been called, but no major battlegrounds.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2024
Michigan is among a handful of critical battlegrounds that are set to determine who wins the White House.
—Julia Mueller, The Hill, 6 Nov. 2024
Georgia was one of the most valuable battlegrounds with its 16 electoral votes, and both candidates had spent time there in the closing days of the campaign.
—Brett Samuels, The Hill, 6 Nov. 2024
Michigan The state that Biden carried with his largest margin among the battlegrounds four years ago was flashing warning signs for the vice president.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2024
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“Battlegrounds.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/battlegrounds. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.
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