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as in ground
a small area of usually open land a field that is the frequent site of neighborhood softball games

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as in zone
a part or portion having no fixed boundaries if you set your camera lens to small aperture, the field of sharp focus will be quite large

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as in battlefield
a place where a battle takes place the field where two mighty armies met and changed the course of history

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as in airfield
a place from which aircraft operate that usually has paved runways and a terminal Worsham Field in Corpus Christi used to be home to a sizable crop dusting operation

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as in attack
active fighting during the course of a war in the classroom the general had been a brilliant theoretician, but in the field he proved to be a wholly incompetent tactician

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Recent Examples of field
Noun
Many expected that Trump would find ways to protect their workforce, noting that without sufficient workers, food would rot in the fields, sending grocery prices skyrocketing. Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2025 Ohio State Buckeyes players stand on the field after a game against the Indiana Hoosiers and the Ohio State Buckeyes on Nov. 23, 2024, at Ohio Stadium in Columbus, Ohio. Alex Sherman, CNBC, 12 June 2025
Verb
The Russians were the first to field fiber drones, barely more than a year ago, first in small numbers and then at scale. David Hambling, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025 Upon fielding the ball, Baty did not immediately throw home. Will Sammon, New York Times, 6 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for field
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Noun
  • While on the road - Opt for the middle lanes and remain on higher ground.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 7 June 2025
  • He was captured Friday afternoon, just 1.5 miles west of the prison grounds, according to a Facebook post from the sheriff’s office.
    Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 6 June 2025
Noun
  • Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on June 14, according to the Tribune’s archives.
    Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 14 June 2025
  • Two projectiles reportedly hit the area around the airport.
    Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 14 June 2025
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  • The eventful first period continued with a pass across the offensive zone from Eetu Luostarinen to Seth Jones, and Jones scored on a wide-open net to tie the game at two.
    Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 7 June 2025
  • As long as the world remains fixated on the Jews and Israel, Islamists and their allies can use their overwhelming numbers (and, yes, their financial superiority) to flood the zone with demonizing propaganda and portray themselves as the good guys.
    Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 June 2025
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  • Zelenskyy said the setbacks for the Kremlin would help force it to the negotiating table, even as its pursues a summer offensive on the battlefield.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 3 June 2025
  • Ukraine hits Russia's fleet of bombers The conflict has been heating up, with Russia launching its biggest drone attacks of the war and advancing on the battlefield in May at its fastest rate in six months.
    Vladimir Soldatkin, USA Today, 3 June 2025
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  • Ukraine deployed first-person view, or FPV drones, in its attack on the Russian airfields.
    Tom Vanden Brook, USA Today, 8 June 2025
  • Russia conducted its second-largest missile and drone attack on Ukraine since the start of its invasion in 2022, according to the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) whose graph illustrate the response to Kyiv's drone barrage on Russian military airfields.
    Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 June 2025
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  • LinkedIn’s expansion allows companies to buy First Impression Ads: vertical video ads for single-day campaigns that can target users in specific businesses, and are guaranteed to be the first ad that those members see during the day.
    Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025
  • The two-story, 135,000-square-foot expansion, designed by Generator Studio, will double the size of the facility and is expected to bring up to 1.5 million people through its doors annually, according to team estimates.
    Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 4 June 2025
Noun
  • Try supplements: Certain supplements, such as Riboflavin and CoQ10, can help reduce the frequency and severity of attacks.
    Verywell Health, Verywell Health, 6 June 2025
  • The new targets are assigned by NATO based on a blueprint agreed upon in 2023 — the military organization’s biggest planning shakeup since the Cold War — to defend its territory from an attack by Russia or another major adversary.
    Lorne Cook, Chicago Tribune, 5 June 2025
Verb
  • DSPs address this by unifying discovery, classification, tokenization and policy enforcement into a singular platform.
    Ed Leavens, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025
  • The unit offers mostly young, nonviolent offenders an opportunity to avoid prosecution by completing a program to address the issues that initially led to their arrest.
    Bram Sable-Smith, CNN Money, 3 June 2025

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“Field.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/field. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.

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