as in movement
a series of activities undertaken to achieve a goal
an all-out campaign to bring a minor league baseball team to the city
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Recent Examples of campaign
Badinter’s campaign against capital punishment had its origins in his own brutal family history.
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Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2026
Hasan Piker's emergence as a Democratic campaign surrogate has split the party between those who see him as a crucial bridge to millions of young voters and those who view his inflammatory rhetoric as a liability that could cost elections.
—Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
Even if only a small number of people click through the prompts, that can still give them access to enough computers to make the campaign worthwhile.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 31 Mar. 2026
LeVota’s candidacy for county executive directly contradicts one of his most frequent and emphatic campaign promises leading up to his interim tenure.
—Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 31 Mar. 2026
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Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2026
Hasan Piker's emergence as a Democratic campaign surrogate has split the party between those who see him as a crucial bridge to millions of young voters and those who view his inflammatory rhetoric as a liability that could cost elections.
—Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
Even if only a small number of people click through the prompts, that can still give them access to enough computers to make the campaign worthwhile.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 31 Mar. 2026
LeVota’s candidacy for county executive directly contradicts one of his most frequent and emphatic campaign promises leading up to his interim tenure.
—Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 31 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for campaign
Noun
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His guest, a man named James Fishback, who is in his early thirties, summed up his hopes for the future of the conservative movement.—
Antonia Hitchens,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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This event was part of the #MeToo blackout awards season, in which attendees wore black in support of the movement—but the British Royal family is never supposed to make a political statement of any kind.—
Katherine J Igoe,
InStyle,
5 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Uthmeier’s misguided crusade is particularly ironic.—
Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
30 Mar. 2026
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Bonta now has company in his antitrust crusade.—
Rebecca Keegan,
NBC news,
27 Mar. 2026
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The Heat made a third-quarter push to get back into the game, putting together its own impressive shooting display in the period.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
2 Apr. 2026
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That push is feeding debate on whether those potentially risky assets belong in retirement accounts.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
1 Apr. 2026
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“Campaign.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/campaign. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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