as in campaigns
a series of activities undertaken to achieve a goal
a grassroots crusade for spending more money on our public schools
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Recent Examples of crusades
During that time, there were five crusades resulting in the deaths of millions of Christians, Muslims, and Jews.
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Chloe Breyer,
New York Daily News,
22 Mar. 2026
Jackson led a lifetime of crusades in the United States and abroad, advocating for the poor and underrepresented on issues from voting rights and job opportunities to education and health care.
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Sophia Tareen,
Fortune,
17 Feb. 2026
Jackson led a lifetime of crusades in the United States and abroad, advocating for the poor and underrepresented on issues, including voting rights, job opportunities, education and health care.
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Megan Rodriguez,
San Antonio Express-News,
17 Feb. 2026
The question the First Amendment keeps asking, across wars and panics and moral crusades, is whether a democracy can tolerate the possibility of persuasion.
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Stephanie A,
The Conversation,
22 Jan. 2026
Wyatt advised political figures, sat on business boards, helped lead professional associations and made cultural preservation one of his ongoing crusades.
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Michael Barnes,
Austin American Statesman,
21 Jan. 2026
An administration whose Millennial vice president converted to Catholicism just six years ago is pushing explicitly theological policy crusades.
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Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
11 Nov. 2025
Her vetting crusades have brought about a new Washington colloquialism.
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Antonia Hitchens,
New Yorker,
10 Nov. 2025
Famines, pestilence, crusades, and war.
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Greg Grandin
september 23,
Literary Hub,
23 Sep. 2025
Chloe Breyer,
New York Daily News,
22 Mar. 2026
Jackson led a lifetime of crusades in the United States and abroad, advocating for the poor and underrepresented on issues from voting rights and job opportunities to education and health care.
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Sophia Tareen,
Fortune,
17 Feb. 2026
Jackson led a lifetime of crusades in the United States and abroad, advocating for the poor and underrepresented on issues, including voting rights, job opportunities, education and health care.
—
Megan Rodriguez,
San Antonio Express-News,
17 Feb. 2026
The question the First Amendment keeps asking, across wars and panics and moral crusades, is whether a democracy can tolerate the possibility of persuasion.
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Stephanie A,
The Conversation,
22 Jan. 2026
Wyatt advised political figures, sat on business boards, helped lead professional associations and made cultural preservation one of his ongoing crusades.
—
Michael Barnes,
Austin American Statesman,
21 Jan. 2026
An administration whose Millennial vice president converted to Catholicism just six years ago is pushing explicitly theological policy crusades.
—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
11 Nov. 2025
Her vetting crusades have brought about a new Washington colloquialism.
—
Antonia Hitchens,
New Yorker,
10 Nov. 2025
Famines, pestilence, crusades, and war.
—
Greg Grandin
september 23,
Literary Hub,
23 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crusades
Noun
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In the 2026 election cycle, party committees can spend between $65,300 and $130,600 in coordination with congressional campaigns, and between $130,600 and $4 million with Senate candidates, according to the FEC.
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Democratic campaigns fumed Tuesday at the Supreme Court for striking down limits on coordinated spending between political parties and candidates, a conservative 6-3 majority ruling that is set to open the donor floodgates for the midterm elections.
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For the superstar whose private jet is tracked, whose every appearance is documented and whose movements become global headlines within minutes, an arena transformed into a private world may be the closest thing to privacy that money can buy.
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Over a half-century ago, the robotic figures of Pirates were a symbol of Disneyland’s technological ambitions, dazzling audiences with characterized but lifelike movements.
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“Crusades.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crusades. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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