as in campaign
a series of activities undertaken to achieve a goal tried to get everyone on the bandwagon about forming a neighborhood cleanup

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Recent Examples of bandwagon Summer heat typically is more intense downstate, but that’s not stopping some southern Illinois districts from getting on the bandwagon. The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 11 Aug. 2025 While Domaine du Cellier aux Moines is currently the only estate in Givry that is certified biodynamic, Marko and Pascal are inspiring others in the region to jump on the bandwagon as well. Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 10 Aug. 2025 The bandwagon has now headed west to Denver, though. Luca Evans, Denver Post, 6 Aug. 2025 And now that this happened (the stabbings), everyone wants to jump on the bandwagon and try to find help (for the mentally ill). John Wisely, Freep.com, 3 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bandwagon
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Noun
  • At one point, Trump pointed to a portrait depicting his assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania, during the 2024 presidential campaign.
    Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 19 Aug. 2025
  • Update, Monday August 18, 2025: This article has been updated with details on Google AI cloud services and the final pre-launch moments of the Pixel 10 marketing campaign.
    Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Although the temperance movement of the 19th and 20th centuries often distorted its meaning by associating it with alcohol abstinence, its component behaviors have stood the test of time.
    Mary Crossan, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2025
  • Job losses, higher consumer prices, and emissions leakage as goods movement relocates to states with fewer regulations but higher pollution levels.
    Timothy Jemal, Oc Register, 16 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Health Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr.’s anti-vaccine crusades helped catapult him into his current job as the nation’s top health official.
    Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 10 Aug. 2025
  • The pair want to open a diner together to provide for their children, but when Ray attempts to quit his post as a mob enforcer, his boss turns violent in a crusade against him — and involves Audrey and the children in the perilous battle.
    Rachel Raposas, People.com, 28 July 2025
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  • Unsurprisingly then, the push for settlement and annexation has escalated.
    Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 7 Aug. 2025
  • No group epitomized this better than the Mississippi Freedom Movement during the southern civil rights push.
    Time, Time, 7 Aug. 2025

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“Bandwagon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bandwagon. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.

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