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Examples of battleground in a Sentence
the verdant hill suddenly turned into a bloody battleground
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Trump ended up winning and sweeping all seven battleground states.
—Filip Timotija, The Hill, 11 Jan. 2025
Trump’s sweeping of the seven battleground states and winning the popular vote indicated dissatisfaction from the American public with Democrats.
—Mabinty Quarshie, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 11 Jan. 2025
The governor’s race in Florida, once a battleground state that has been tilting toward Republicans, is one of the most prominent contests on the election calendar in 2026.
—Neil Vigdor, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
Still, Trump managed to narrowly carry every battleground state in November's election.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
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First Known Use
1573, in the meaning defined above
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“Battleground.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/battleground. Accessed 24 Jan. 2025.
Kids Definition
battleground
noun
bat·tle·ground
-ˌgrau̇nd
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