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
The broadcast of a racial slur shouted by a Tourette’s campaigner during the BAFTA Film Awards breached the BBC‘s editorial standards, the corporation has ruled.
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Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 8 Apr. 2026
Taken three years into the United States' direct involvement in the Vietnam War, during an era in which environmental concerns were beginning to gain ground, Earthrise became the poster child for anti-war and pro-environment campaigners.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 5 Apr. 2026
Women’s rights activist and campaigner Seyi Akiwowo will receive the second Susan Wojcicki award.
—Angelique Jackson, Variety, 23 Mar. 2026
Now campaigners are pushing for the island’s ageing ferries to be replaced with undersea tunnels.
—The Week Uk, TheWeek, 20 Mar. 2026
In time, even her daughter the suffragist campaigner Harriot Blatch grew sick of her.
—Moira Donegan, New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2026
As Lindo and Jordan were introducing the visual effects category, Scottish campaigner John Davidson, who has Tourette syndrome, blurted out the N-word.
—Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2026
Maury Nicely, a Chattanooga labor attorney who is helping the decertification campaigners and has supported similar anti-UAW efforts in the past, also wouldn’t describe how far along organizers were with signature gathering.
—The Detroit News, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2026
Tourette’s campaigner John Davidson has said the BBC could have done more to stop his involuntary racial slur about the stars of Sinners from airing on national television.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 25 Feb. 2026
Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 8 Apr. 2026
Taken three years into the United States' direct involvement in the Vietnam War, during an era in which environmental concerns were beginning to gain ground, Earthrise became the poster child for anti-war and pro-environment campaigners.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 5 Apr. 2026
Women’s rights activist and campaigner Seyi Akiwowo will receive the second Susan Wojcicki award.
—Angelique Jackson, Variety, 23 Mar. 2026
Now campaigners are pushing for the island’s ageing ferries to be replaced with undersea tunnels.
—The Week Uk, TheWeek, 20 Mar. 2026
In time, even her daughter the suffragist campaigner Harriot Blatch grew sick of her.
—Moira Donegan, New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2026
As Lindo and Jordan were introducing the visual effects category, Scottish campaigner John Davidson, who has Tourette syndrome, blurted out the N-word.
—Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2026
Maury Nicely, a Chattanooga labor attorney who is helping the decertification campaigners and has supported similar anti-UAW efforts in the past, also wouldn’t describe how far along organizers were with signature gathering.
—The Detroit News, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2026
Tourette’s campaigner John Davidson has said the BBC could have done more to stop his involuntary racial slur about the stars of Sinners from airing on national television.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 25 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for campaigner
candidate
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Tiffany, the Republican candidate for governor in Wisconsin, cautioned against reading too much into Tuesday’s results.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
9 Apr. 2026
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Headlined by Kon Knueppel, who’s a candidate to be the Hornets’ first rookie of the year since Ball picked up the honor in 2020-21, the additions of Sion James, Ryan Kalkbrenner and Liam McNeeley easily represent the team’s best collective class in a very long time.—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Apr. 2026
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“Campaigner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/campaigner. Accessed 14 Apr. 2026.
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