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campaign

noun

(ˌ)kam-ˈpān How to pronounce campaign (audio)
Definition of campaignnext
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 Ysabel Jurado did the same during her successful council campaign two years later. — David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2026 That precedes two campaign rallies the president is headlining next week for the Republican National Committee in the ruby red states of Oklahoma and Alabama. — Naomi Lim, The Washington Examiner, 26 Sep. 2026 Varga disclosed his cancer diagnosis last April, with his GWAR bandmates launching a nationwide blood donation campaign in his honor. — Greg Evans, Deadline, 26 Sep. 2026 The Finnish-Norwegian documentary has launched a pre-Oscar crowdfunding campaign. — Annika Pham, Variety, 26 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for campaign
Recent Examples of Synonyms for campaign
  1. movement
  2. crusade
  3. push
Noun
  • Resist making a dramatic exit simply for the relief of movement.
    — Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 26 Sep. 2026
  • With faux marble flooring already bringing plenty of movement to shopping producer Lauren Arzbaecher’s apartment, a more neutral rug felt like the natural choice.
    — Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of movement
Noun
  • Ethiopia, the world’s largest landlocked country, has been torn apart over the past decade by the divergent goals of ethnic political groups seeking to keep the country decentralized, and the centralizing crusade of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed.
    — Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 23 Sep. 2026
  • But for all his protestations, many saw the war on terror as a crusade—a word that Bush himself used early on until he was told how poorly that played in the Islamic world.
    — Daniel Benjamin, Foreign Affairs, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of crusade
Noun
  • Meanwhile, there has also been an aggressive build-up of support for the installation of solar panels at factories, along with a broader push toward greener production.
    — Mayu Saini, Footwear News, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Design flaws with a pedestrian bridge are the latest hurdle in the decade-long push to connect the Bel Air and Forest Hill sections of the trail.
    — Luke Kaiser, Baltimore Sun, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of push

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“Campaign.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/campaign. Accessed 29 Sep. 2026.

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