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
Shareholders jump on the bandwagon At first, Wall Street grew restless with Delta’s decision.
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Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 5 Apr. 2026
The rise of disco in the mid-1970s prompted too many soul-music greats to halfheartedly jump on the bandwagon.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Apr. 2026
Local governments have jumped on the bandwagon, pledging subsidies for businesses using the virtual AI assistant to boost regional development.
—CNN Money, 29 Mar. 2026
To my right, the lady abused me horribly and then jumped on the bandwagon and acted like nothing happened.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 26 Mar. 2026
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Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 5 Apr. 2026
The rise of disco in the mid-1970s prompted too many soul-music greats to halfheartedly jump on the bandwagon.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Apr. 2026
Local governments have jumped on the bandwagon, pledging subsidies for businesses using the virtual AI assistant to boost regional development.
—CNN Money, 29 Mar. 2026
To my right, the lady abused me horribly and then jumped on the bandwagon and acted like nothing happened.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 26 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bandwagon
Noun
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Opponents have distributed campaign materials citing past statements from Obama and Spanberger criticizing gerrymandering, but those were before Trump pushed Republican states to redraw their congressional maps in advance of this year's midterms.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
21 Apr. 2026
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The campaign works to help nourish our neighbors, because everyone deserves access to fresh, nutritious food.—
Elyssa Kaufman,
CBS News,
21 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The movement from Odegaard and Zubimendi towards the ball occupies Willock and Guimaraes, while White attacks the space vacated by the Newcastle captain and Havertz drops to provide a passing option.—
Ahmed Walid,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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Contained within all these fiascoes is a subtly different conservative movement.—
Benjamin Wallace-Wells,
New Yorker,
26 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Cracks in church-state wall In his latest I-am-the-law crusade, Uthmeier is repudiating one of the most fundamental aspects of our democracy, the separation of church and state.—
Orlando Sentinel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
11 Apr. 2026
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But much of Orbán’s criticism of the Central European University has been directed personally at Soros, who is Jewish, often deploying antisemitic tropes in what has become a crusade against the billionaire philanthropist.—
Alexander Smith,
NBC news,
11 Apr. 2026
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After thrashing the doomed Wolverhampton Wanderers 4-0 on the opening weekend, City were played off the pitch by Thomas Frank’s Tottenham Hotspur and then had no answer to Brighton & Hove Albion’s second-half push.—
Sam Lee,
New York Times,
23 Apr. 2026
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The push for funding comes amid a number of high-profile incidents involving apparent air traffic control mistakes, including a deadly collision at LaGuardia Airport in New York City last month.—
Kris Van Cleave,
CBS News,
22 Apr. 2026
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“Bandwagon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bandwagon. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.
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