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
The campaigns themselves continued sharpening those contrasts after the debate ended.
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Teresa Liu, Daily News, 8 May 2026
Days after four Republican candidates withdrew from the upcoming Platte County election and launched independent campaigns, the county’s Republican committee announced plans to censure those candidates and deem them unwelcome within the party.
—Jenna Ebbers, Kansas City Star, 8 May 2026
This can be done through media campaigns by national organizations highlighting the work of men in nursing.
—Nicholas A. Giordano, STAT, 8 May 2026
But McCluskie and other Democratic lawmakers said the group, which has wielded significant influence over the legislature and the state through its ballot campaigns, should respect the truce reached between the energy industry and the environmentalist community.
—Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 8 May 2026
The United States, adapting innovations pioneered by Israel during campaigns in Lebanon and Gaza, deployed such platforms as the General Atomics MQ-1 Predator and MQ-9 Reaper for both reconnaissance and strike missions.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 May 2026
Broadcasters only have to provide the time if requested by rival campaigns and do not have to offer it on the exact same show, only comparable exposure.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 8 May 2026
Other candidates in this race, including Milpitas Mayor Carmen Montano, Fremont Councilman Raymond Liu and businesswoman Linda Price, are not running serious campaigns.
—Mercury News & East Bay Times Editorial Boards, Mercury News, 8 May 2026
Joint observation campaigns enable researchers to better constrain the impact flux on the moon and also the associated impact hazard on the lunar surface, Fernando and his colleagues concluded.
—Leonard David, Space.com, 8 May 2026
Teresa Liu, Daily News, 8 May 2026
Days after four Republican candidates withdrew from the upcoming Platte County election and launched independent campaigns, the county’s Republican committee announced plans to censure those candidates and deem them unwelcome within the party.
—Jenna Ebbers, Kansas City Star, 8 May 2026
This can be done through media campaigns by national organizations highlighting the work of men in nursing.
—Nicholas A. Giordano, STAT, 8 May 2026
But McCluskie and other Democratic lawmakers said the group, which has wielded significant influence over the legislature and the state through its ballot campaigns, should respect the truce reached between the energy industry and the environmentalist community.
—Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 8 May 2026
The United States, adapting innovations pioneered by Israel during campaigns in Lebanon and Gaza, deployed such platforms as the General Atomics MQ-1 Predator and MQ-9 Reaper for both reconnaissance and strike missions.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 May 2026
Broadcasters only have to provide the time if requested by rival campaigns and do not have to offer it on the exact same show, only comparable exposure.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 8 May 2026
Other candidates in this race, including Milpitas Mayor Carmen Montano, Fremont Councilman Raymond Liu and businesswoman Linda Price, are not running serious campaigns.
—Mercury News & East Bay Times Editorial Boards, Mercury News, 8 May 2026
Joint observation campaigns enable researchers to better constrain the impact flux on the moon and also the associated impact hazard on the lunar surface, Fernando and his colleagues concluded.
—Leonard David, Space.com, 8 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for campaigns
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Spanning 1945 to the present, the Louisiana’s collection includes some 4,000 pieces, representing movements like European Nouveau Réalisme, American Pop Art, and Minimalism.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
12 May 2026
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But then a heavy beat drops, and the figure crouches down into a duckwalk, moving across the walkway in a low bounce before springing up with the circling arm movements of voguing.—
Caitlin Huston,
HollywoodReporter,
11 May 2026
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During that time, there were five crusades resulting in the deaths of millions of Christians, Muslims, and Jews.—
Chloe Breyer,
New York Daily News,
22 Mar. 2026
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Jackson led a lifetime of crusades in the United States and abroad, advocating for the poor and underrepresented on issues, including voting rights, job opportunities, education and health care.—
Megan Rodriguez,
San Antonio Express-News,
17 Feb. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Campaigns.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/campaigns. Accessed 15 May. 2026.
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