lists
Americannoun
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an enclosed arena for a tilting contest.
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the barriers enclosing this arena.
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any place or scene of combat, competition, controversy, etc.
idioms
plural noun
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history
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the enclosed field of combat at a tournament
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the barriers enclosing the field at a tournament
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any arena or scene of conflict, controversy, etc
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to engage in a conflict, controversy, etc
Etymology
Origin of lists
1350–1400; Middle English listes, plural of liste list 2
Example Sentences
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The filing lists 18 firms as underwriters, and Oura said Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan, Allen & Co. and Jefferies were the lead bookrunners on the deal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
The second bill lists a new recipient—Gruppa Kompaniy Tehno, a Russian importer based in Krasnoyarsk, an industrial and economic hub in Siberia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
Under the proposed system, state election authorities would upload lists of mail voters and identifying barcodes to a new federal portal.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
The order also called on the Department of Homeland Security to develop its own lists of eligible citizen voters by state, ostensibly to be compared against the state lists.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
The use of such lists goes back to the days of antiquity; for all we know there were well-organized Neanderthals jotting their daily schedules on the walls of caves.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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