campaign
noun
the competition by rival political candidates and organizations for public office.
am campaigning
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present progressiveof campaign (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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"I am campaigning a lot," he pushed back.
From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2024
"For the next year, I am campaigning as though I am on the ballot myself," Abbott previously told the Texas Oil and Gas Association.
From Salon ● Jun. 18, 2020
What we need and what I am campaigning on is a political revolution that brings millions of people together.
From Time ● Jan. 20, 2016
When I am campaigning and I go into a town, I feel as much at home there as I do anyplace else.
From Time Magazine Archive
Don't go on the principle "because I am campaigning I must resign myself to feed badly on what I can pick up and on what my stomach is entirely unaccustomed to."
From With the Naval Brigade in Natal (1899-1900) Journal of Active Service by C. R. N. (Charles Richard Newdigate) Burne
