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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

Example Sentences

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Conversations with experts in the field indicate true quantum advantage could be further away, and even then, it’s unclear how the achievement will be benchmarked.

From Barron's • May 6, 2026

Fulleffort’s withdrawal means Ocelli is now in the field in the No. 20 post position.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026

The Birmingham Yardley MP also told the committee there needed to be more training, including for police officers, that this was a "tactic in the field".

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

"But in terms of neuroscience, we still don't know whether the brain has resilience or resistance to this supplement. That's why ours is the first such study in the field."

From Science Daily • Apr. 26, 2026

He would ride south to join a Confederate army still in the field.

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson