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
What fans didn’t realize was Wahlberg was on his own crusade to salvage Blue Bloods.
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Leena Tailor, HollywoodReporter, 13 Oct. 2025
Mizzou, which has also yet to take a loss, begins its crusade across a difficult SEC schedule this Saturday against Alabama.
—Quentin Corpuel, Kansas City Star, 9 Oct. 2025
Ron’s crusade against corporate shadiness (and shoddiness) never generates much suspense.
—Judy Berman, Time, 9 Oct. 2025
In both those crusades, Milei has emerged as the administration’s standard bearer.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2025
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Leena Tailor, HollywoodReporter, 13 Oct. 2025
Mizzou, which has also yet to take a loss, begins its crusade across a difficult SEC schedule this Saturday against Alabama.
—Quentin Corpuel, Kansas City Star, 9 Oct. 2025
Ron’s crusade against corporate shadiness (and shoddiness) never generates much suspense.
—Judy Berman, Time, 9 Oct. 2025
In both those crusades, Milei has emerged as the administration’s standard bearer.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crusade
Noun
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Large donors, including former mayor Michael Bloomberg, have contributed to Cuomo’s campaign in an effort to stymie Mamdani’s run.—
Connor Greene,
Time,
4 Nov. 2025
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Sliwa’s spokesperson, Maria Sliwa, who is also his sister, tried to add me to the campaign’s press list, but told me her e-mail program can’t send messages to New Yorker addresses.—
Naaman Zhou,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Tools can track a worker’s every keystroke and mouse movement and analyze his or her emails.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Nov. 2025
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Thank you to those so often forgotten by the politics of our city who made this movement their own.—
TIME Video,
Time,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Crusade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crusade. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.
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