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a place where a battle takes place
wounded soldiers being carried off the battlefield
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Recent Examples of battlefields
The plays are set in locations as varied as courts, forests, battlefields, and even the realm of faerie.
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Gitanjali Roy, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Apr. 2026
This capability is especially critical as modern battlefields become increasingly complex and data-driven.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 19 Apr. 2026
The greatest fear is that someone could use a drone in a terrorist attack that could be just as deadly as the drone attacks that have become common on the battlefields of the Ukraine and Iran wars.
—ABC News, 16 Apr. 2026
Absent a successful appeal, the remaining battlefields would be other state legislatures.
—Jerry Nowicki, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026
Identity and where one belongs will always be battlefields in this country, literal and cultural.
—Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2026
The British Army and the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) have completed a multi-week test in Essex using drones, advanced sensors, and AI to speed up and make safer the hunt for deadly mines and munitions scattered on battlefields.
—David Szondy
april 11, New Atlas, 11 Apr. 2026
The system provides a digital map display of battlefields, helps identify and select targets and pairs them with weapons systems.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 10 Apr. 2026
Schofield and Blake traverse the precarious battlefields of northern France, and Oscar-winning cinematographer Roger Deakins' expert camerawork makes the film appear to be shot with only two uninterrupted takes.
—Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Apr. 2026
Gitanjali Roy, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Apr. 2026
This capability is especially critical as modern battlefields become increasingly complex and data-driven.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 19 Apr. 2026
The greatest fear is that someone could use a drone in a terrorist attack that could be just as deadly as the drone attacks that have become common on the battlefields of the Ukraine and Iran wars.
—ABC News, 16 Apr. 2026
Absent a successful appeal, the remaining battlefields would be other state legislatures.
—Jerry Nowicki, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026
Identity and where one belongs will always be battlefields in this country, literal and cultural.
—Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2026
The British Army and the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) have completed a multi-week test in Essex using drones, advanced sensors, and AI to speed up and make safer the hunt for deadly mines and munitions scattered on battlefields.
—David Szondy
april 11, New Atlas, 11 Apr. 2026
The system provides a digital map display of battlefields, helps identify and select targets and pairs them with weapons systems.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 10 Apr. 2026
Schofield and Blake traverse the precarious battlefields of northern France, and Oscar-winning cinematographer Roger Deakins' expert camerawork makes the film appear to be shot with only two uninterrupted takes.
—Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for battlefields
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But because of seeing the phone on the surveillance video, police got a warrant to search Google's location data for all phones within about one-and-a-half football fields of the bank during the half-hour on either side of the robbery.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
26 Apr. 2026
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California’s fertile farm fields once enticed thousands of Dust Bowl refugees fleeing along Route 66 during the Great Depression.—
Jonathan Bullington,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Apr. 2026
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Rendering examines how artificial intelligence is disrupting the entertainment industry, taking you inside key battlegrounds and spotlighting change makers wielding the technology for good and ill.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
23 Apr. 2026
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The White House’s approach of eschewing being the world’s policeman to instead focus on key geopolitical battlegrounds is paying off, an ex-assistant secretary of state wrote.—
Prashant Rao,
semafor.com,
21 Apr. 2026
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In the century-plus since its grounds were largely closed to the public, dozens of events are evidence that even the White House complex is not impervious to intrusion.—
Meg Kinnard,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Apr. 2026
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The construction of the $400-million ballroom on the White House grounds has come under searing scrutiny.—
Ana Ceballos
Follow,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Apr. 2026
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“Battlefields.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/battlefields. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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