as in battlefield
a place where a battle takes place
the verdant hill suddenly turned into a bloody battleground
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Recent Examples of battleground
North Carolina, which was the first battleground state called for Trump in the 2024 election, currently has two Republican senators and a Democratic governor.
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Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 June 2025
The Republican's seat in battleground North Carolina was already a top target for Senate Democrats in the 2026 midterm elections.
—Marina Pitofsky, USA Today, 29 June 2025
Senate Republicans are entering what is shaping up to be a messy battleground Senate race in North Carolina after Sen. Thom Tillis’s (R-NC) surprise retirement.
—Ramsey Touchberry, The Washington Examiner, 30 June 2025
However, the holy grail is to bring smart glasses to the mass market, and that is what these smart glasses platforms will focus on, becoming the next major personal computing battleground over the next two to five years.
—Tim Bajarin, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
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Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 June 2025
The Republican's seat in battleground North Carolina was already a top target for Senate Democrats in the 2026 midterm elections.
—Marina Pitofsky, USA Today, 29 June 2025
Senate Republicans are entering what is shaping up to be a messy battleground Senate race in North Carolina after Sen. Thom Tillis’s (R-NC) surprise retirement.
—Ramsey Touchberry, The Washington Examiner, 30 June 2025
However, the holy grail is to bring smart glasses to the mass market, and that is what these smart glasses platforms will focus on, becoming the next major personal computing battleground over the next two to five years.
—Tim Bajarin, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for battleground
battlefield
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William Taylor, a former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, suggested that Putin has been stringing Trump along in an effort to gain more time to continue advancing on the battlefield.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
9 July 2025
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Body-cam footage is widely used by all military for battlefield analysis.—
Nick Vivarelli,
Variety,
9 July 2025
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“Battleground.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/battleground. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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