as in campaign
a series of activities undertaken to achieve a goal
a grassroots crusade for spending more money on our public schools
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Recent Examples of crusade
This crusade begins in Broward, an irresistible target with its liberal political leaders and voters who soundly rejected DeSantis twice.
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Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 23 July 2025
While President Donald Trump’s crusade against American higher education has focused on the Ivy League and other elite private schools, colleges of all types and in all 50 states have been hamstrung by his sweeping cuts to research funding.
—Emma Whitford, Forbes.com, 23 July 2025
None of these ineluctably engagé authors, however, could count on, in their own nations, the same sprawling material infrastructure for literature and ideology that had been forged by the United States during its crusade against Soviet Communism.
—Pankaj Mishra, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025
Friday's decision is a boost for Trump in his crusade against nationwide injunctions that have blocked some of the executive actions he's taken so far in his second term.
—Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 27 June 2025
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Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 23 July 2025
While President Donald Trump’s crusade against American higher education has focused on the Ivy League and other elite private schools, colleges of all types and in all 50 states have been hamstrung by his sweeping cuts to research funding.
—Emma Whitford, Forbes.com, 23 July 2025
None of these ineluctably engagé authors, however, could count on, in their own nations, the same sprawling material infrastructure for literature and ideology that had been forged by the United States during its crusade against Soviet Communism.
—Pankaj Mishra, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025
Friday's decision is a boost for Trump in his crusade against nationwide injunctions that have blocked some of the executive actions he's taken so far in his second term.
—Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 27 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crusade
Noun
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Many business leaders craft mission statements to throw onto a wall or a PR campaign, but don’t apply them to everyday decision-making.—
Quang X. Pham,
Forbes.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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All have come in his last 24 games after two tennis elbow injuries delayed the start of the 35-year-old’s 16th big league campaign.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
5 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Job losses, higher consumer prices, and emissions leakage as goods movement relocates to states with fewer regulations but higher pollution levels.—
Timothy Jemal,
Oc Register,
16 Aug. 2025
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Although the temperance movement of the 19th and 20th centuries often distorted its meaning by associating it with alcohol abstinence, its component behaviors have stood the test of time.—
Mary Crossan,
Forbes.com,
16 Aug. 2025
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“Crusade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crusade. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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