How to Use activism in a Sentence

activism

noun
  • In the nexus of patient activism and science, there is hope for a cure.
    Sheana Ochoa, Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 2022
  • 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
  • The political activism of pop stars is, as a rule, on the restrained side.
    Guy Lodge, Variety, 2 Sep. 2022
  • 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
  • But her activism hasn’t been enough to sway even her family.
    Mie Hoejris Dahl, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Sep. 2022
  • The joy of my son’s birth had set me on the path to childbirth activism and epidemiology.
    Hilda Bastian, The Atlantic, 12 Oct. 2022
  • 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
  • Before researching the project, what were your thoughts about climate activism in the U.S., and how did that evolve while working on the film?
    Kevin L. Clark, Essence, 10 Oct. 2022
  • Donalds comes from the world of Florida school-choice activism.
    Emma Green, The New Yorker, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Then came Zodiac, a tale of eco-activism that won the hearts of tree huggers but didn't sell either.
    WIRED, 18 Sep. 2022
  • 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 story was inspired by Wong’s parents’ roots in activism.
    Amy Hubbard, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2022
  • 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 a dramatic shift from the employee activism seen during the tail end of the first Trump administration.
    Eleanor Hawkins, Axios, 23 Jan. 2025
  • Their activism helped prompt the national forestry bureau to improve standards for panda enclosures and ban people from paying to hug pandas.
    Mara Hvistendahl, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2025

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