as in candidates
one who seeks an office, honor, position, or award
an experienced campaigner who knows that one televised mistake can put an end to one's candidacy
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Recent Examples of campaigners
Semafor got an in-depth look at the group’s entire confab, where hundreds of progressive campaigners talked about what worked to motivate anti-Trump voters — and what could win over the people who’d turned on the president.
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David Weigel, semafor.com, 29 Apr. 2026
The increasing number of single men becoming surrogate parents has caused concern among some campaigners.
—Harriet Marsden, TheWeek, 23 Apr. 2026
While none of those migrants are being held at Bata, the visit put the spotlight on Equatorial Guinea’s overall human rights record and its judiciary, which rights campaigners have criticized for its lack of independence, arbitrary detentions and other abuses.
—Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026
Lebanese government officials, including President Joseph Aoun, and press freedom campaigners urged Israel to lift the siege.
—Charbel Mallo, CNN Money, 22 Apr. 2026
Taken three years into the United States' direct involvement in the Vietnam War, during an era in which environmental concerns were beginning to gain ground, Earthrise became the poster child for anti-war and pro-environment campaigners.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 5 Apr. 2026
Maury Nicely, a Chattanooga labor attorney who is helping the decertification campaigners and has supported similar anti-UAW efforts in the past, also wouldn’t describe how far along organizers were with signature gathering.
—The Detroit News, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2026
Namely, a mix of the aforementioned youngsters from all parts of the world, combined with group of experienced campaigners to guide them, because players proven at the top level in their mid to late twenties are not generally within Brighton’s spending capacity.
—Andy Naylor, New York Times, 28 Jan. 2026
Awards campaigners with the budgets to spend are sending even low-budget documentary filmmakers on promo tours to not just New York and Los Angeles, but London and Copenhagen.
—Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 16 Jan. 2026
David Weigel, semafor.com, 29 Apr. 2026
The increasing number of single men becoming surrogate parents has caused concern among some campaigners.
—Harriet Marsden, TheWeek, 23 Apr. 2026
While none of those migrants are being held at Bata, the visit put the spotlight on Equatorial Guinea’s overall human rights record and its judiciary, which rights campaigners have criticized for its lack of independence, arbitrary detentions and other abuses.
—Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026
Lebanese government officials, including President Joseph Aoun, and press freedom campaigners urged Israel to lift the siege.
—Charbel Mallo, CNN Money, 22 Apr. 2026
Taken three years into the United States' direct involvement in the Vietnam War, during an era in which environmental concerns were beginning to gain ground, Earthrise became the poster child for anti-war and pro-environment campaigners.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 5 Apr. 2026
Maury Nicely, a Chattanooga labor attorney who is helping the decertification campaigners and has supported similar anti-UAW efforts in the past, also wouldn’t describe how far along organizers were with signature gathering.
—The Detroit News, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2026
Namely, a mix of the aforementioned youngsters from all parts of the world, combined with group of experienced campaigners to guide them, because players proven at the top level in their mid to late twenties are not generally within Brighton’s spending capacity.
—Andy Naylor, New York Times, 28 Jan. 2026
Awards campaigners with the budgets to spend are sending even low-budget documentary filmmakers on promo tours to not just New York and Los Angeles, but London and Copenhagen.
—Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 16 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for campaigners
candidates
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The two highest-polling candidates — Hilton and Steyer — are in the mid-teens, with most of the other candidates close behind.—
Anne Bryson,
CBS News,
30 Apr. 2026
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Mfume has not joined in the negative attack game, but Conway, like other failing candidates, has decided his only political pathway is simply to run a nasty and divisive campaign.—
Bobby Zirkin,
Baltimore Sun,
30 Apr. 2026
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“Campaigners.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/campaigners. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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