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as in grounds
a small area of usually open land
a field that is the frequent site of neighborhood softball games
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as in areas
a region of activity, knowledge, or influence
the first woman to enter the field of medicine
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as in battlefields
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 airfields
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 expanses
a wide space or area
the cemetery's field of crosses for the war's fallen seemed to stretch to infinity
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as in actions
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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as in addresses
to deal with (something) usually skillfully or efficiently
gave the waitress a large tip because she kept smiling as she fielded their many requests
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Recent Examples of fields
Literary Hub, 18 May 2026
In Rick Chipman's fields in Harlan, Iowa, young soy plants are starting to emerge.
—Lana Zak, CBS News, 17 May 2026
From island hopping along the always-sunny Maldives and admiring pink sands in the Bahamas, to coconut mangrove-trekking in the Philippines and biking past pineapple fields in French Polynesia, tropical charm manifests in an array of ways.
—Skyli Alvarez, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 May 2026
In these states, the atoms become extraordinarily sensitive to electromagnetic fields, including radio waves.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 17 May 2026
What the agents can’t do in many fields is make judgment calls using the insight that comes from on-the-job experience, according to labor experts.
—Victor Swezey, Fortune, 16 May 2026
Dix Park Sprawling 308 acres across the hills just southwest of downtown, Dix Park (named for 19th-century activist Dorothea Dix) is a vast urban green space laced with walking trails, open fields, and skyline views.
—Kristy Tolley, Travel + Leisure, 16 May 2026
In the blueberry capital of Georgia, where flat coastal plains stretch out on either side of the road, there’s a good chance travelers will drive past fields of bushy blueberry crops growing in long, monotonous rows.
—Olivia Wakim, AJC.com, 10 May 2026
Oil and gas fields will do the same, as there is little reason to restart the expensive and time-intensive process of oil and gas extraction until normal shipping routes have been restored.
—Wes Zebrowski, Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2026
Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 May 2026
Toei fields two producers with distinct international profiles.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 13 May 2026
For a coverage area of just over eight square miles, Polep said the Fire Department fields roughly 36 calls a day, averaging to about 12,500 a year.
—Claire Murphy, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2026
On outfield days, Massey usually fields ground balls on the left-side of the infield.
—Kansas City Star, 30 Apr. 2026
France also fields the Exocet AM39, which has a range of up to about 43 miles.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 14 Apr. 2026
China also fields the largest aviation force in the Indo-Pacific and the third largest in the world, with more than 3,000 aircraft overall and roughly 2,400 combat aircraft.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2026
For phone traffic, Jobber’s AI receptionist fields up to 15 calls per hour—fielding job inquiries, vendor pitches, the occasional invitation to a training seminar in Costa Rica—and escalates only what matters.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 28 Mar. 2026
The Aggies record another flyout, and Strood fields a bunt to shut out the Aggie bats.
—Caleb Yum, Austin American Statesman, 6 Mar. 2026
Noun
Persephone, goddess of spring and the fields, became the spouse of Hades, who ruled the underworld.
—Literary Hub, 18 May 2026
In Rick Chipman's fields in Harlan, Iowa, young soy plants are starting to emerge.
—Lana Zak, CBS News, 17 May 2026
From island hopping along the always-sunny Maldives and admiring pink sands in the Bahamas, to coconut mangrove-trekking in the Philippines and biking past pineapple fields in French Polynesia, tropical charm manifests in an array of ways.
—Skyli Alvarez, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 May 2026
In these states, the atoms become extraordinarily sensitive to electromagnetic fields, including radio waves.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 17 May 2026
What the agents can’t do in many fields is make judgment calls using the insight that comes from on-the-job experience, according to labor experts.
—Victor Swezey, Fortune, 16 May 2026
Dix Park Sprawling 308 acres across the hills just southwest of downtown, Dix Park (named for 19th-century activist Dorothea Dix) is a vast urban green space laced with walking trails, open fields, and skyline views.
—Kristy Tolley, Travel + Leisure, 16 May 2026
In the blueberry capital of Georgia, where flat coastal plains stretch out on either side of the road, there’s a good chance travelers will drive past fields of bushy blueberry crops growing in long, monotonous rows.
—Olivia Wakim, AJC.com, 10 May 2026
Oil and gas fields will do the same, as there is little reason to restart the expensive and time-intensive process of oil and gas extraction until normal shipping routes have been restored.
—Wes Zebrowski, Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2026
Verb
Starting the service in 2021 with just three vehicles, the operation now fields 21 vans and sport utility vehicles offering round-the-clock response throughout the region.
—Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 May 2026
Toei fields two producers with distinct international profiles.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 13 May 2026
For a coverage area of just over eight square miles, Polep said the Fire Department fields roughly 36 calls a day, averaging to about 12,500 a year.
—Claire Murphy, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2026
On outfield days, Massey usually fields ground balls on the left-side of the infield.
—Kansas City Star, 30 Apr. 2026
France also fields the Exocet AM39, which has a range of up to about 43 miles.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 14 Apr. 2026
China also fields the largest aviation force in the Indo-Pacific and the third largest in the world, with more than 3,000 aircraft overall and roughly 2,400 combat aircraft.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2026
For phone traffic, Jobber’s AI receptionist fields up to 15 calls per hour—fielding job inquiries, vendor pitches, the occasional invitation to a training seminar in Costa Rica—and escalates only what matters.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 28 Mar. 2026
The Aggies record another flyout, and Strood fields a bunt to shut out the Aggie bats.
—Caleb Yum, Austin American Statesman, 6 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fields
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In recent years, even some advocates of free trade have come around to the idea that certain tariffs can be justified on strategic and national-security grounds, especially when working with an avowedly mercantilist country like China.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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Russia’s largest airport — Moscow’s Sheremetyevo — reported that drone debris had fallen on its grounds without causing damage or affecting flights.—
Samya Kullab,
Los Angeles Times,
17 May 2026
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Pool areas also feature reef-safe sunscreen dispensers.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
20 May 2026
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Student enrollment will drop across the board, and certain areas of the country such as New England—which is home to a whole host of small private colleges and will be suffering from some of the harshest demographic decline—may start to be dotted by campus ghost towns.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
19 May 2026
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Along the way, the grade grows dramatically, temperatures drop, and the views and climate zones shift from dense forest to alpine tundra.—
Travel + Leisure Editors,
Travel + Leisure,
19 May 2026
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Harris went straight to work auditing food holding zones, checking the temperature of the hot food, the cold food, and the fresh produce stored back in the cooler.—
La'Tasha Givens,
CBS News,
19 May 2026
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While some of Guadalajara’s upscale neighborhoods have escaped the violence, families across the metropolitan area have seen hundreds of children disappear, some to reappear, dead, on cartel battlefields across Jalisco and in the states of Sinaloa and Michoacán, searchers said.—
Steve Fisher,
Los Angeles Times,
17 May 2026
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At the same time, the regime has stopped bothering to sell a narrative of national restoration or modernization to the rest of the country, which is losing enormous amounts of blood and treasure in the battlefields of Ukraine.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
16 May 2026
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The statement confirmed that Iranian aircraft are in Pakistan but said American aircraft are also allowed to use its airfields.—
Mariam Khan,
ABC News,
12 May 2026
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Behind the scenes, her military reportedly drew up plans to blow up airfields in the event of an American invasion.—
Nikhil Kumar,
Time,
15 Apr. 2026
Noun
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By traversing sonic ground across its 10 tracks that transports listeners from the open expanses of Montana to the Mississippi Hill Country, Bingham and The Texas Gentlemen effectively weave a tapestry that knits together a throughline between foundational Americana genres.—
Chris Barilla,
PEOPLE,
15 May 2026
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Encounters with whales, dolphins and penguins awaited; landscapes of icy expanses, towering cliffs and rolling green hills beckoned.—
Hira Humayun,
CNN Money,
6 May 2026
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At a certain point, fans were so frustrated with Tariq’s actions that Michael was receiving death threats.—
Derek Lawrence,
HollywoodReporter,
17 May 2026
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That has created a public debate between Lisa Demuth and her daughter, Shelisa Demuth, who has criticized her mom's actions on social media.—
Reg Chapman,
CBS News,
17 May 2026
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Roberts dives into the finale, addresses some critiques that have been made of season 8, and shares which scene that was filmed in season 1 and season 8, holds a special place for Balfe, Heughan, Davis and him.—
Reshma Gopaldas,
IndieWire,
17 May 2026
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Drake addresses Kendrick Lamar feud with fiery tracks The Grammy-winning rapper also used his latest musical project to reignite his feud with fellow emcee Kendrick Lamar.—
Melina Khan,
USA Today,
16 May 2026
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“Fields.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fields. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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