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Used with adjectives:
"
The politician ran a big campaign."
(big, huge, major, massive, lengthy, long)
"
It was an effective campaign."
(effective, successful, ineffective, unsuccessful)
"
They ran a bitter campaign."
(bitter, fierce, vicious, aggressive, intense, vigorous)
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We formed a joint campaign."
(joint, official, public)
"
Her congressional campaign was successful."
(congressional, presidential, political, election, re-election)
"
The Democratic campaign will be very competitive."
(Democratic, Republican, conservative, liberal)
"
He ran an ad campaign to get more publicity."
(ad, advertising, marketing, promotional, media, press, print, television, TV)
"
We were very successful with our fundraising campaign."
(fundraising, lobbying, literacy, anti-drug, recruitment)
Used with verbs:
"
They began a lengthy campaign."
(began, initiated, launched, mounted, started)
"
They conducted a clean campaign."
(conducted, waged, fought, ran, undertook, executed)
"
We need to organize a new campaign."
(organize, plan, orchestrate, manage, create, design)
"
Will you join our campaign?"
(join, support, take part in, finance, sponsor, fund, donate to)
"
Near the end they intensified their campaigns."
(intensified, stepped up)
"
Her campaign aimed at changing an unfair law."
(aimed at, focused on, targeted, called for, demanded)
"
His campaign failed."
(failed, succeeded)
Used with nouns:
"
I am her campaign aide."
(aide, manager, strategist)
"
Who is on your campaign team?"
(team, staff)
"
This is our campaign headquarters."
(headquarters, office, bus)
"
This has become an important campaign issue."
(issue, promise)
"
He ran a lot of campaign ads."
(ads, commercials)
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We need more campaign contributions."
(contributions, donations, financing, contributors, funds)
"
The campaign trail will be long and difficult."
(trail)
Used with prepositions:
"
He ran a hard campaign against his opponent."
(against)
"
The campaign by the candidate was hard-fought."
(by, from)
"
We are campaigning for more parks in the city."
(for)
"
I hardly slept during the campaign."
(during)
