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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
In both those crusades, Milei has emerged as the administration’s standard bearer.
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Shawn Tully, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2025
Famines, pestilence, crusades, and war.
—Greg Grandin
september 23, Literary Hub, 23 Sep. 2025
The Catholic Church was thrilled with the power of the press when the innovation helped raise cash for the Church’s crusades and get more Bibles into the hands of more people.
—Scott D. Anthony, Big Think, 16 Sep. 2025
That entanglement allowed Biden to traverse the country haranguing business on equity, climate, daycare, union labor, and other whole-of-government crusades—while taunting Republicans who relented for the sake of home-district dollars.
—Clyde Wayne Crews Jr, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Dobson’s feverish crusades against pornography, gambling, divorce, and even SpongeBob SquarePants now seem almost quaint in a party that has fully embraced Trumpism.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 21 Aug. 2025
Otherwise, the document mainly rehashes the talking points and priorities of Kennedy's health crusades.
—Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 18 Aug. 2025
Shawn Tully, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2025
Famines, pestilence, crusades, and war.
—Greg Grandin
september 23, Literary Hub, 23 Sep. 2025
The Catholic Church was thrilled with the power of the press when the innovation helped raise cash for the Church’s crusades and get more Bibles into the hands of more people.
—Scott D. Anthony, Big Think, 16 Sep. 2025
That entanglement allowed Biden to traverse the country haranguing business on equity, climate, daycare, union labor, and other whole-of-government crusades—while taunting Republicans who relented for the sake of home-district dollars.
—Clyde Wayne Crews Jr, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Dobson’s feverish crusades against pornography, gambling, divorce, and even SpongeBob SquarePants now seem almost quaint in a party that has fully embraced Trumpism.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 21 Aug. 2025
Otherwise, the document mainly rehashes the talking points and priorities of Kennedy's health crusades.
—Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 18 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crusades
Noun
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That stark reality forced both sides to wage slash-and-burn propaganda campaigns designed to sow doubt and disinformation among their enemies.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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Anti-Trump activists are deploying an array of tactics to fight back against the policies of the President and his Administration — protests, marches, events, advocacy campaigns, social media videos.—
Time,
Time,
6 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Yet even among a number of Christians seeking to raise awareness and intensify efforts to put an end to systematic abuses committed by Boko Haram and other jihadi movements, the prospect of foreign intervention raises serious concerns.—
Tom O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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The findings reveal unexpected plasma flows and magnetic field movements that may reshape current understanding of how the Sun’s magnetic cycle operates.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Crusades.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crusades. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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