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 table below lists the four S&P 1,500 sub-industry indexes with trailing two-year alphas of at least 100 percentage points, along with the two largest-cap stocks within each.
From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026
The Jalisco state government lists more than 16,000 reports of missing people — the most of any Mexican state.
From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2026
Sophie has been added to messaging lists where third parties advertise driving tests for sale around Britain for hundreds of pounds.
From BBC • May 16, 2026
But as Votebeat reported, it didn’t specify what any of these lists had to do with each other or, really, anything about how the order was supposed to work.
From Salon • May 16, 2026
He’d finally told Chip and Katherine about seeing an intruder in his room, the night they’d first gotten the lists of witnesses and survivors.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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