campaign trail

noun

: a route that takes a candidate for office to different places in order to talk to people during a campaign

The candidates talked about the people they met on the campaign trail.

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Trump promised on the campaign trail just months ago to take charge of these prices. —

Sam Woodward, The Courier-Journal, 13 Dec. 2024 On the campaign trail, Trump vowed to scrap the $10,000 cap, while his economic adviser Stephen Moore on Thursday said the new administration would like to raise the cap to $20,000. —

Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 13 Dec. 2024 On the campaign trail, Trump didn’t talk about his plans for AI, cybersecurity, tech industry consolidation, social media regulation or privacy issues. —

Megan Poinski, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024 Trump promised to lock up Hillary Clinton on the campaign trail in 2016, but his Justice Department did not go after her. —

Jonathan Easley, The Hill, 12 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for campaign trail

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