campaigns

plural of campaign
as in movements
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 campaigns Democratic gains in six state governments could revive an effort to shift presidential campaigns away from battleground states and toward winning the national popular vote. — Nicholas Riccardi, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2026 The Democratic governors-elect in all three made Medicaid expansion a part of their campaigns. — Amanda Erickson, STAT, 10 Nov. 2026 Opponents said public financing of campaigns would waste taxpayer money. — Sacbee.com, 10 Nov. 2026 In my experience, campaigns built around a genuine human story have consistently outperformed those built around product features alone. — Kylie Slavik, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2026 In an effort to enhance the effectiveness of his campaigns against the tribes and other fractious elements, the imam sent a group of Yemeni youth to Iraq in the mid-1930s to learn modern military techniques and weaponry. — Manfred W. Wenner, Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 Nov. 2026 Meanwhile, both Russia and Ukraine have expanded their long-range strike campaigns through the course of 2026. — David Brennan, ABC News, 10 Nov. 2026 In a nearby room, observers from both campaigns watched through plexiglass every movement of election staff, how each machine was counting and which ballots required additional attention. — Miami Herald, 10 Nov. 2026 The campaigns traded invitations to other debates but were unable to reach an agreement. — Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 4 Nov. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for campaigns
Noun
  • In the original cartoons, produced and directed by the Fleischer Brothers, Max and Dave, every cartoon makes broad, elastic, sweeping movements, often to peppy jazz scores.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 8 Nov. 2026
  • The robot does the physical work while a person controls its movements from a safer location.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 7 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • After one of the crusades, an abbot had brought back a handful of soil, supposedly from Golgotha, and strewn it on the abbey grounds.
    — Kristin Idaszak, Longreads, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Ackman has become more ideological, expanding his crusades into cultural and academic realms.
    — Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 20 July 2026

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“Campaigns.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/campaigns. Accessed 12 Nov. 2026.

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