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
Frustrated, campaigners took the landmark decision to sue the European Commission in the EU’s highest court.
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Christine Ro, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
View Comments Finnish law prohibits professional accommodation services in buildings intended for residential use, so campaigners are calling on authorities to act.
—CNN, 13 Dec. 2024
Anti-vax campaigners latched onto the news and claimed his condition was the effect of the Covid vaccine.
—Lucy Ford, TIME, 10 Dec. 2024
Newsweek asked academics, campaigners, and lawmakers.
—Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
Foremost among these campaigners was Josephine Butler, a fearless advocate for women’s rights who lived in the British port city of Liverpool in the mid-nineteenth century.
—Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
Payne notes that, at first, such campaigners were explicitly concerned with advocacy for women’s rights.
—Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
The campaigners alleged that the couple had close connections to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and had provided financial support for his political campaigns.
—Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 30 Nov. 2024
The lack of transparency around the plastics industry has led academics and campaigners to search for facts—and those facts are startling.
—Nick Rockel, Fortune, 29 Nov. 2024
Christine Ro, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
View Comments Finnish law prohibits professional accommodation services in buildings intended for residential use, so campaigners are calling on authorities to act.
—CNN, 13 Dec. 2024
Anti-vax campaigners latched onto the news and claimed his condition was the effect of the Covid vaccine.
—Lucy Ford, TIME, 10 Dec. 2024
Newsweek asked academics, campaigners, and lawmakers.
—Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
Foremost among these campaigners was Josephine Butler, a fearless advocate for women’s rights who lived in the British port city of Liverpool in the mid-nineteenth century.
—Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
Payne notes that, at first, such campaigners were explicitly concerned with advocacy for women’s rights.
—Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
The campaigners alleged that the couple had close connections to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and had provided financial support for his political campaigns.
—Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 30 Nov. 2024
The lack of transparency around the plastics industry has led academics and campaigners to search for facts—and those facts are startling.
—Nick Rockel, Fortune, 29 Nov. 2024
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“Campaigners.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/campaigners. Accessed 27 Jan. 2025.
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