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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a small battleground" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a physical location that is limited in size where conflict or competition occurs, or metaphorically to refer to a situation of contention.
Example: "The debate over the new policy became a small battleground for differing opinions within the community."
Alternatives: "a minor conflict zone" or "a limited arena of struggle."
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According to the Princeton Election Consortium a vote in Nevada this year (a small battleground state) is over one million times more likely to have an impact on this election than a vote in New Jersey (a large Blue state).
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Yet Obama cruised to a commanding Electoral College victory after a final concentration on a small group of battleground states.
Either Florida or Ohio would put him over the top in terms of pure numbers, and a victory in Virginia would indicate that independents are voting for him and he would likely pick up a win in one or more of the smaller battleground states - thus giving him a victory.
The party then moved the cash into a smaller number of battleground states to prepare for Election Day.
Your wrist is a hotly contested new battleground, with a small fry like Pebble doing battle with giants including Samsung, and activity trackers like the Jawbone UP and Nike+ FuelBand fighting it out, too.
Leading the way in 2016 Senate battleground spending are a small number of groups aligned with the Republican Party.
HuffPost Pollster's average currently shows Trump about 8 points behind in a national head-to-head race, with Clinton holding substantial leads in states like Pennsylvania, New Hampshire and Virginia and a smaller edge in battlegrounds such as Nevada and Florida.
For the mid-term elections, the Pew Research Center calculated that Latinos made up only a small share of eligible voters in many battleground states.
For such a small country, Belgium has been a major European battleground over the centuries.
Combatants, innocents and smaller battlegrounds flash by (Howard Beach, Bernhard H. Goetz) like the rapidly turned pages of a history book.
The battleground is a Maine prep school set in a small town somewhere along the state's bucolic coastline.
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