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
But animal rights campaigners and pet owners have long complained that the noise causes extreme distress to animals.
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Patrick Smith, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
Chris Brown sold more than 94,000 tickets to his forthcoming concert in South Africa, but there has also been criticism by women’s rights campaigners of his visit to a country that has one of the highest rates of femicide and gender-based violence in the world.
—Caroline Frost, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2024
Lawmakers in Northern Ireland are weighing up new rules that campaigners say could allow mandatory vaccination and lockdowns in the event of another pandemic.
—Katherine Hignett, Forbes, 12 Oct. 2024
Check out the boldest, best campaigners for the 2024 Sexiest Man Alive title.
—Alex Apatoff, People.com, 11 Oct. 2024
But many campaigners defied the ruling before it was struck down last year by a court which called the law an excessive restriction on free speech, in response to a complaint filed by North Korean defector-activists in the South.
—Gawon Bae, CNN, 11 Oct. 2024
Even with moral clarity on their side, divestment campaigners have a tough fight ahead.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2024
And perhaps most important, the documents reveal that the biggest boost the Doppelganger campaigners got was from the West’s own anxious coverage of the project.
—Thomas Rid, Foreign Affairs, 30 Sep. 2024
Patrick Smith, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
Chris Brown sold more than 94,000 tickets to his forthcoming concert in South Africa, but there has also been criticism by women’s rights campaigners of his visit to a country that has one of the highest rates of femicide and gender-based violence in the world.
—Caroline Frost, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2024
Lawmakers in Northern Ireland are weighing up new rules that campaigners say could allow mandatory vaccination and lockdowns in the event of another pandemic.
—Katherine Hignett, Forbes, 12 Oct. 2024
Check out the boldest, best campaigners for the 2024 Sexiest Man Alive title.
—Alex Apatoff, People.com, 11 Oct. 2024
But many campaigners defied the ruling before it was struck down last year by a court which called the law an excessive restriction on free speech, in response to a complaint filed by North Korean defector-activists in the South.
—Gawon Bae, CNN, 11 Oct. 2024
Even with moral clarity on their side, divestment campaigners have a tough fight ahead.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2024
And perhaps most important, the documents reveal that the biggest boost the Doppelganger campaigners got was from the West’s own anxious coverage of the project.
—Thomas Rid, Foreign Affairs, 30 Sep. 2024
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“Campaigners.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/campaigners. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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