Thesaurus results for BANDWAGON

bandwagon

noun

ˈband-ˌwa-gən

Definition of bandwagon

as in campaign

a series of activities undertaken to achieve a goal tried to get everyone on the bandwagon about forming a neighborhood cleanup

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Recent Examples of bandwagon Also — please pause for my guffaws — Alabama is the bandwagon choice for the SEC. — Chris Branch, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026 Thomas says that starting around 2015, there was a lot of bad whiskey being produced as the category grew in popularity and investors jumped onto the whiskey bandwagon, charging premium prices for sub-standard liquid. — Don Tse, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026 With a favorable 2026 schedule, donors warming up and quarterback Nico Iamaleava on board, UCLA’s football bandwagon is rumbling back to life. — Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2026 China has already jumped on that bandwagon, too, with plans to develop an orbital data center network within the next five years. — Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 20 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for bandwagon

Recent Examples of Synonyms for bandwagon

Noun

The team put in one of their most insipid performances of the campaign that day — a first real sign the wheels may be coming off for Daniel Farke.

— Beren Cross, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
Chuck Hatfield, the attorney for the referendum campaign, said Hanaway’s move was no surprise.

— Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of campaign

Noun

For Katwala, the most impressive elements from the Games were the robots playing tennis, seeming to react to the movement of the ball and, in a match featuring robots playing alongside humans in doubles, of their partner, too.

— Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2026
Precision control for launchers Curtiss-Wright’s electromechanical actuators will provide precise movement and positioning for the system.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of movement

Noun

Others are still in favor of a crusade against the civilizational enemies China and Iran.

— Leonard A. Schuette, Foreign Affairs, 25 Aug. 2026
Up the hillside there ever pours in reinforcements, clutching cans of beer and occasionally flags…There is something about it all of a children’s crusade, the young people look so innocent and take their pleasure so gravely.

— Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of crusade

Noun

The company describes the effort as part of a broader push to increase the pace of hypersonic testing.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 6 Sep. 2026
Michigan’s offensive line, a unit that was expected to be a strength, generated little push against Western Michigan’s defensive front.

— Austin Meek, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026