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in the field

ADJECTIVE

busy

Synonyms

STRONGEST

active unavailable working

STRONG

buried employed engaged engrossed hustling occupied overloaded persevering slaving snowed swamped

WEAK

already taken assiduous at it diligent having a full plate having enough on one's plate having fish to fry having many irons in the fire in a meeting in conference in someone else's possession in the laboratory industrious on assignment on duty on the go tied-up up to one's ears with a customer

Antonyms

STRONGEST

idle

STRONG

inactive unoccupied

WEAK

lazy quiet unbusy unemployed unengaged

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As an ecologist who has studied chimpanzees and lemurs in the field in Uganda and Madagascar, I am fascinated by the environments that shaped our primate ancestors.

From Science Daily • Jun. 20, 2026

But, in the circumstances, England did well to recover and their work with the ball and in the field across the first half of the day was creditable.

From BBC • Jun. 20, 2026

I don’t know nearly everyone in the field, and I think that is a really marked shift.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 18, 2026

He said that officers in the field already have been reduced to about 70 for the district’s 900 or schools and 710 square miles.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 17, 2026

McNaughton knew Ellsberg’s reputation as one of the brightest young thinkers in the field of crisis decision making.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin

in the field

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