campaign trail
noun
: a route that takes a candidate for office to different places in order to talk to people during a campaign
The candidates talked about the people they met on the campaign trail.
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On the campaign trail, Mamdani emphasized a need to reform the city’s property tax system, which economists say favors single-family homes, luxury condos and predominantly white neighborhoods overall, and places more weight on multi-family buildings and homeowners in mostly Black neighborhoods.
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Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 17 Feb. 2026
Zohran Mamdani was happy to promise lower rent for New Yorkers on the campaign trail.
—Editorial Board, Washington Post, 15 Feb. 2026
Lately, Chalamet has been busy moving beyond movie promotion and hitting the Oscars campaign trail following his best actor nomination for Marty Supreme.
—Christi Carras, HollywoodReporter, 14 Feb. 2026
His explicit promise on the campaign trail was that America would lead the way, but his implicit promise was that prices would go up.
—Will Gottsegen, The Atlantic, 11 Feb. 2026
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Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 17 Feb. 2026
Zohran Mamdani was happy to promise lower rent for New Yorkers on the campaign trail.
—Editorial Board, Washington Post, 15 Feb. 2026
Lately, Chalamet has been busy moving beyond movie promotion and hitting the Oscars campaign trail following his best actor nomination for Marty Supreme.
—Christi Carras, HollywoodReporter, 14 Feb. 2026
His explicit promise on the campaign trail was that America would lead the way, but his implicit promise was that prices would go up.
—Will Gottsegen, The Atlantic, 11 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for campaign trail
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“Campaign trail.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/campaign%20trail. Accessed 20 Feb. 2026.
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