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battleground

[bat-uhl-graund] / ˈbæt əlˌgraʊnd /


NOUN
field of honor
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Big Tech companies increasingly have to justify their heavy artificial-intelligence spending to investors, and Microsoft’s stock has proven a major battleground for this trend.

From MarketWatch Jul. 28, 2026

Let the body remember that it is more than a battleground.

From Salon Jul. 20, 2026

"Mistrust is the real battleground," WHO chief, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, wrote on social media, external in June.

From BBC Jul. 9, 2026

Years before social media became a political battleground, Fincher was focused on something more basic — the fear that everyone else had been invited to a party you couldn’t get into.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 29, 2026

I see that the future of the human race is a battleground that Stephen has won a point and my father has lost one.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

California is not alone in having fewer battlegrounds; no state has a high concentration of competitive seats this cycle.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 1, 2026

That shift is turning “instant retail,” or quick commerce, into one of the most important battlegrounds in Chinese technology.

From Barron's May 23, 2026

Years before the U.S. military set off for battlegrounds in Cuba and the Philippines, rebels in both places had begun to fight for independence from the decrepit Spanish empire.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 5, 2025

People visiting the Gettysburg battlegrounds or historic district often report seeing spirits still dressed in uniform wandering about town.

From MarketWatch Oct. 27, 2025

Kennedy and his crew had been patrolling passages in the Solomon Islands of the South Pacific, one of many World War II battlegrounds between the United States and Japan.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin




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