presidential campaign

collocation in English

meaningsofpresidentialandcampaign

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presidential
adjective
uk
/ˌprez.ɪˈden.ʃəl/us
/ˌprez.ɪˈden.ʃəl/
relating to, belonging to, or done by ...
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campaign
noun[C]
uk
/kæmˈpeɪn/us
/kæmˈpeɪn/
a planned group of especially political, business, or military activities that are intended to achieve a ...
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(Definition ofpresidentialandcampaignfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The 1881presidentialcampaigncoarsened : journalists, unfettered by libel laws, caricatured, mocked, and even insulted the once revered general.
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An area where coverage appears divorced from local (editorial) preferences is news coverage of thepresidentialcampaign.
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Biases in the volume and tone of coverage were modest over the course of the 2000presidentialcampaign.
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Eachpresidentialcampaignseason also tends to include non-traditional candidates whose candidacies survive long into the primary season by employing inexpensive campaign tactics.
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He demonstrates that (p. 275) 'attention to the effects of measurement error significantly increases the apparent impact of media exposure on opinion change in apresidentialcampaignsetting'.
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While natural disaster policy was rarely a focus of party platforms andpresidentialcampaignrhetoric, national security policy has been a central area of partisan differentiation.
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Of course, the highly competitive nature of the 2000presidentialcampaign(which is the basis for this estimate) may make this particular election somewhat of an outlier.
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The risks connected with security and the uncertain economic situation could complicate thepresidentialcampaign.
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Already thepresidentialcampaignhas started to select a candidate.
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The recentpresidentialcampaignwas not a legitimate election.
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There is apresidentialcampaignunder way.
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Does he not think it absolutely outrageous that in the middle of thepresidentialcampaign, the president's opponent and two of his close colleagues have been charged with treason?
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He paid a heavy price for this decision as his financial backers in the business community withdrew their support for hispresidentialcampaign.
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Clay would use these vetoes to launch hispresidentialcampaign.
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He had kept abreast of national politics since college, though, and the circumstances of his father'spresidentialcampaignloss had irked him for decades.
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She would easily win re-election in 2006, and in 2007 began herpresidentialcampaignfor 2008.
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Upon his return, it surprised him to learn that his father had joined the movement during his unsuccessful 1968presidentialcampaign.
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Famuyiwa first became attached to the project two years prior, in 2008, when thepresidentialcampaignwas in full swing.
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On his 2000presidentialcampaign, he carried a lucky compass, feather, shoes, pen, penny and, at times, a rock.
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Mentions of the draft during thepresidentialcampaignled to a resurgence of anti-draft and draft resistance organizing.
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