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 The working-class Americans who trusted Republicans to have their backs are now set to learn a painful lesson about the difference between campaign promises and governing priorities. Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 June 2025 Shade started 33 games alongside Arnold as a freshman in 2023-24, and though her minutes took a dip in her sophomore campaign, Shade still averaged a career-high in steals and shot 41.1% from 3-point range. Emily Adams, Hartford Courant, 30 June 2025 One week later, the DOJ dropped a campaign finance investigation into the reelected congressman. David Weigel, semafor.com, 30 June 2025 The Patriots junior, who was instrumental in the school winning the 4A state football championship in the fall, closed out his junior campaign with three more state championship medals in track. Gary Curreri, Sun Sentinel, 20 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for campaign
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Noun
  • The ensuing Stonewall protests are considered the birth of the modern gay rights movement.
    Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 29 June 2025
  • The fact that our rabbi traveled to Selma and stood shoulder to shoulder with the leaders of the Civil Rights movement was inspirational.
    Dr. Richard Fichman, Hartford Courant, 29 June 2025
Noun
  • In the crusade to reduce chronic disease and neurobehavioral issues in the United States, synthetic food dyes are a hot target.
    Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 26 June 2025
  • Thousands of private government consultants laid off during the Trump administration’s cost-cutting crusade are increasingly flooding a shrinking labor market.
    Ani Freedman, Fortune, 20 June 2025
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  • Preventing the spread of marijuana laced with chemicals is one of the driving factors behind Tyson's push for federal reform.
    Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 1 July 2025
  • BlackRock’s acquisition of Preqin—a provider of private markets data that tracks over 190,000 funds and 60,000 managers—signals a push for the same transparency in private markets that investors expect in public ones.
    Jim Edwards, Fortune, 1 July 2025

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“Campaign.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/campaign. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.

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