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battleground

[bat-uhl-graund] / ˈbæt əlˌgraʊnd /


NOUN
field of honor
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Minister of State Security Chen Yixin on Sunday described AI as "the main battleground" for global competition "and a new track for major power strategic rivalry."

From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026

A product conference at software giant Salesforce turned into the battleground on the new debate on whether there should be a slowdown in artificial intelligence.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026

One sign of that progress is CXMT’s push into next-generation smartphone memory, a market long led by Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix and increasingly viewed as a key battleground for AI-enabled devices.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026

Since this crisis began, Asia has been seen as a key battleground, a region that could determine whether Infantino stays in power.

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026

When in conversation they came to the battleground of difference, their verbal sparring was full of good humor.

From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison

In California, that looks like a paradox: The state has both a shrinking number of political battlegrounds and a handful of critical races that could help decide which party controls the House.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026

"Too many countries are retreating into geopolitical blocs or the battlegrounds of protectionism," he said, but added: "In every rupture resides the responsibility to build -- nostalgia is not a strategy."

From Barron's ● Nov. 23, 2025

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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