(~s)
1.
An ~ is a place where sports, entertainments, and other public events take place. It has seats around it where people sit and watch.
...the largest indoor sports ~ in the world.
= stadium
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2.
You can refer to a field of activity, especially one where there is a lot of conflict or action, as an ~ of a particular kind.
He made it clear he had no intention of withdrawing from the political ~...
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