as in candidate
one who seeks an office, honor, position, or award
an experienced campaigner who knows that one televised mistake can put an end to one's candidacy
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Recent Examples of campaigner
Namely, a mix of the aforementioned youngsters from all parts of the world, combined with group of experienced campaigners to guide them, because players proven at the top level in their mid to late twenties are not generally within Brighton’s spending capacity.
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Andy Naylor, New York Times, 28 Jan. 2026
Greenpeace campaigner Eefje de Kroon welcomed the ruling and said that the organization would carefully monitor how the government implements the court’s orders.
—Mike Corder, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2026
Others on the docket alongside him in the privacy case include Liz Hurley, Elton John, his husband David Furnish and campaigner Doreen Lawrence.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 21 Jan. 2026
While the law was popular among parents and child safety campaigners, online privacy advocates and groups representing teenagers largely came out against it.
—Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 16 Jan. 2026
Awards campaigners with the budgets to spend are sending even low-budget documentary filmmakers on promo tours to not just New York and Los Angeles, but London and Copenhagen.
—Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 16 Jan. 2026
Rights groups and civil liberties campaigners accuse the government of a grave overreach to clamp down on legitimate protest in the country.
—Kara Fox, CNN Money, 14 Jan. 2026
Alongside the usual array of politicians, campaigners and athletes, other honorees in the annual new year list included singers Ellie Goulding and Eve Graham, TV chef Marcus Wareing, reality TV presenter Phil Spencer, sports presenter Gabby Logan and soccer commentator Clive Tyldesley.
—Alex Ritman, Variety, 30 Dec. 2025
Abd el-Fattah is an Egyptian pro-democracy campaigner who has been in and out of prison since 2006 for opposing the regimes of Hosni Mubarak and Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, and for drawing attention to torture and other abuses.
—Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 30 Dec. 2025
Andy Naylor, New York Times, 28 Jan. 2026
Greenpeace campaigner Eefje de Kroon welcomed the ruling and said that the organization would carefully monitor how the government implements the court’s orders.
—Mike Corder, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2026
Others on the docket alongside him in the privacy case include Liz Hurley, Elton John, his husband David Furnish and campaigner Doreen Lawrence.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 21 Jan. 2026
While the law was popular among parents and child safety campaigners, online privacy advocates and groups representing teenagers largely came out against it.
—Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 16 Jan. 2026
Awards campaigners with the budgets to spend are sending even low-budget documentary filmmakers on promo tours to not just New York and Los Angeles, but London and Copenhagen.
—Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 16 Jan. 2026
Rights groups and civil liberties campaigners accuse the government of a grave overreach to clamp down on legitimate protest in the country.
—Kara Fox, CNN Money, 14 Jan. 2026
Alongside the usual array of politicians, campaigners and athletes, other honorees in the annual new year list included singers Ellie Goulding and Eve Graham, TV chef Marcus Wareing, reality TV presenter Phil Spencer, sports presenter Gabby Logan and soccer commentator Clive Tyldesley.
—Alex Ritman, Variety, 30 Dec. 2025
Abd el-Fattah is an Egyptian pro-democracy campaigner who has been in and out of prison since 2006 for opposing the regimes of Hosni Mubarak and Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, and for drawing attention to torture and other abuses.
—Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 30 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for campaigner
candidate
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Caretaker Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani's list of candidates won the largest share of seats in November's parliamentary elections.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
29 Jan. 2026
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Even if Maliki is ultimately dropped, Iran will simply nominate another candidate who is secretly acceptable to Washington.—
Benjamin Weinthal,
FOXNews.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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“Campaigner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/campaigner. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
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