How to Use activism in a Sentence

activism

noun
  • Ruth Doyle died in a car wreck on one of those trips, but Ernest didn't stop his activism.
    Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Both spoke about the impact of Huerta and Milk’s activism on their own lives and work.
    Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 May 2024
  • Were the Trump years sort of a line in the sand for you as far as political activism goes?
    Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 16 Feb. 2023
  • From Africa, where most of his activism is based, to G8 meetings, to even the ears of U.S. presidents.
    Arkansas Online, 30 Nov. 2022
  • Maybe some artists aren’t thinking about it as activism.
    Juan Velasquez, Them, 25 Nov. 2024
  • The brunt of her activism, of late, has involved the opioid crisis, of which Goldin is a survivor.
    K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 28 Nov. 2022
  • Those of us who grew up in the ’80s and ’90s remember Turlington as the face of fashion, not activism.
    Natasha Pearlman, Glamour, 28 Feb. 2023
  • Having people call her by her name is a point of activism.
    Rachel Fradette, The Indianapolis Star, 8 June 2023
  • At only 6, Bridges’ bravery helped pave the way for civil rights activism in the U.S. South.
    Dominique Barchus, Women's Health, 27 Jan. 2023
  • Since the pandemic, the idea of mutual aid and activism is at the front of many people’s minds.
    Tyler Coates, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Jan. 2023
  • A lot of these players fashion sort of social activism as part of their brand.
    The Politics Of Everything, The New Republic, 27 Sep. 2023
  • Abramoff and Kalmus each welcomed AGU’s openness to more activism.
    Bywarren Cornwall, science.org, 23 Feb. 2023
  • India was once at the forefront of global South activism.
    Happymon Jacob, Foreign Affairs, 25 Dec. 2023
  • And to her, grief work is activism work; the two are inextricably linked.
    Annie Daly, Vogue, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Many of those places expose the horrors of the past or celebrate the activism that rose up in defiance of it.
    Rick Rojas, New York Times, 9 May 2024
  • Donalds comes from the world of Florida school-choice activism.
    Emma Green, The New Yorker, 1 Sep. 2023
  • The firm’s clients span film, TV, music, literary, tech and activism.
    Todd Spangler, Variety, 9 May 2023
  • Many of us rely on the app for news, activism and entertainment.
    Marium Zahra, Sun Sentinel, 2 July 2024
  • The director has twice served time in Iranian jails for his films and activism.
    Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 May 2024
  • Of course, youth activism has changed and grown with new technology.
    WSJ, 5 Dec. 2023
  • As Rapinoe has always acknowledged, though, the activism has to flow downstream from the sport.
    Rory Smith, New York Times, 7 Aug. 2023
  • This is not the first time that activism has intersected with awards season this year.
    Jaden Thompson, Variety, 10 Mar. 2024
  • Some of them were new to activism; others have histories.
    Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2024
  • Right now, Abrams sees the strongest utility in her activism.
    Jane Thier, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2024
  • Lorelei, who is now committed full-time to trans activism, wants to move on to other causes.
    Nitasha Tiku, Washington Post, 3 Sep. 2023
  • The Arab Spring’s unfolding bore out this view, as have fruitless bouts of online activism since then.
    Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 27 Sep. 2024
  • The young, inquisitive Thomas couldn’t help but wonder: ‌What about the activism?
    Harvey Araton, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Thomas’s activism has set her apart from other spouses of Supreme Court justices.
    Shawn Boburg and Emma Brown, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Mar. 2023
  • The full-scale invasion by Russia last year swept him toward more hands-on activism.
    Carlotta Gall, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Playing outside with neighborhood friends in a pre-cell phone and pre-social media decade, back when the library was a place to check out books, not practice activism, those were the days.
    Caleb Harris, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024

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