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
In the play, Clooney made his Broadway debut as Murrow, showcasing his history-altering on-air showdown with Sen. Joseph McCarthy and the politician’s anti-Communism crusade.
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Todd Spangler, Variety, 15 May 2025
Here, too, people who barely eke a living from their minimum-wage jobs band together to help each other, often by accompanying their co-workers on crazy crusades.
—Heller McAlpin, Christian Science Monitor, 13 May 2025
Friday’s layoff notices are the latest impacts of President Trump’s crusade against the international broadcasters the United States has bankrolled for decades.
—Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 2 May 2025
Is there anywhere else in the world where there is a crusade to break up and control U.S. tech firms?
—Allison Schrager, Twin Cities, 25 May 2025
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Todd Spangler, Variety, 15 May 2025
Here, too, people who barely eke a living from their minimum-wage jobs band together to help each other, often by accompanying their co-workers on crazy crusades.
—Heller McAlpin, Christian Science Monitor, 13 May 2025
Friday’s layoff notices are the latest impacts of President Trump’s crusade against the international broadcasters the United States has bankrolled for decades.
—Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 2 May 2025
Is there anywhere else in the world where there is a crusade to break up and control U.S. tech firms?
—Allison Schrager, Twin Cities, 25 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crusade
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Bryson Tiller of Atlanta’s Overtime Elite youth basketball program left Georgia for Lawrence on Jan. 6, hoping to practice with the Kansas Jayhawks second semester of the 2024-25 school year and, in effect, gain a head start on the 2025-26 campaign.—
Gary Bedore,
Kansas City Star,
7 June 2025
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Up against the third-best team from Morocco last season, Wydad AC, and United Arab Emirates’ fifth-strongest force for the same campaign, Al Ain, there are plenty of Davids for Goliath fans to wish ill upon.—
Jordan Campbell,
New York Times,
7 June 2025
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The Make America Healthy Again movement, championed by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., aims to promote the dietary, behavioral, medical and environmental drivers that can improve health outcomes in the United States.—
Sachin H. Jain,
Forbes.com,
5 June 2025
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Anonymity has emerged as a hot-button issue in recent years, particularly in the wake of the #MeToo movement, as one side argues that if a celebrity faces public allegations of assault, the accuser should be forced to come forward, too.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
5 June 2025
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“Crusade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crusade. Accessed 11 Jun. 2025.
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