as in campaigns
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 crusades
During that time, there were five crusades resulting in the deaths of millions of Christians, Muslims, and Jews.
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Chloe Breyer, New York Daily News, 22 Mar. 2026
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
Jackson led a lifetime of crusades in the United States and abroad, advocating for the poor and underrepresented on issues from voting rights and job opportunities to education and health care.
—Sophia Tareen, Fortune, 17 Feb. 2026
The question the First Amendment keeps asking, across wars and panics and moral crusades, is whether a democracy can tolerate the possibility of persuasion.
—Stephanie A, The Conversation, 22 Jan. 2026
Wyatt advised political figures, sat on business boards, helped lead professional associations and made cultural preservation one of his ongoing crusades.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 21 Jan. 2026
An administration whose Millennial vice president converted to Catholicism just six years ago is pushing explicitly theological policy crusades.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 11 Nov. 2025
Her vetting crusades have brought about a new Washington colloquialism.
—Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2025
Famines, pestilence, crusades, and war.
—Greg Grandin
september 23, Literary Hub, 23 Sep. 2025
Chloe Breyer, New York Daily News, 22 Mar. 2026
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
Jackson led a lifetime of crusades in the United States and abroad, advocating for the poor and underrepresented on issues from voting rights and job opportunities to education and health care.
—Sophia Tareen, Fortune, 17 Feb. 2026
The question the First Amendment keeps asking, across wars and panics and moral crusades, is whether a democracy can tolerate the possibility of persuasion.
—Stephanie A, The Conversation, 22 Jan. 2026
Wyatt advised political figures, sat on business boards, helped lead professional associations and made cultural preservation one of his ongoing crusades.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 21 Jan. 2026
An administration whose Millennial vice president converted to Catholicism just six years ago is pushing explicitly theological policy crusades.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 11 Nov. 2025
Her vetting crusades have brought about a new Washington colloquialism.
—Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2025
Famines, pestilence, crusades, and war.
—Greg Grandin
september 23, Literary Hub, 23 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crusades
Noun
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The charter association’s political arm has not mounted campaigns in support of anyone.—
Howard Blume,
Los Angeles Times,
29 May 2026
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Wilson has had his most productive Premier League season by some distance, scoring 10 goals – compared to 12 across three previous top-flight campaigns with Fulham combined — and some of them have been superb, too.—
Cerys Jones,
New York Times,
29 May 2026
Noun
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Whatever the account, these are poems that have not simply endured time, but have mastered it, capturing it in their movements, their tides.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 June 2026
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And its use of initiatives to restrict immigration has served as an inspiration to right-wing movements in Europe.—
Jessi Jezewska Stevens,
New Yorker,
8 June 2026
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“Crusades.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crusades. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.
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