(n.) An open field; a large, open plain without considerable hills. SeeChampaign.
(n.) A connected series of military operations forming a distinct stage in a war; the time during which an army keeps the field.
(n.) Political operations preceding an election; a canvass.
(n.) The period during which a blast furnace is continuously in operation.
(v. i.) To serve in a campaign.
Example Sentences:
(1) Anti-corruption campaigners have already trooped past the €18.9m mansion on Rue de La Baume, bought in 2007 in the name of two Bongo children, then 13 and 16, and other relatives, in what some call Paris's "ill-gotten gains" walking tour.
(2) A survey carried out two and three years after the launch of the official campaign also showed a reduction in the prevalence of rickets in children taking low dose supplements equivalent to about 2.5 micrograms (100 IU) vitamin D daily.
(3) Both former presidents Bush have said they will sit out the 2016 campaign, as has former presidential candidate Jeb Bush.
(4) Faisal Abu Shahla, a senior official in Fatah, an organisation responsible for a good deal of repression of its own when it was in power, accuses Hamas of holding 700 political prisoners in Gaza as part of a broad campaign to suppress dissent.
(5) Keep it in the ground campaign Though they draw on completely different archives, leaked documents, and interviews with ex-employees, they reach the same damning conclusion: Exxon knew all that there was to know about climate change decades ago, and instead of alerting the rest of us denied the science and obstructed the politics of global warming.
(6) Fry's letter was also delivered to the Lausanne headquarters of the International Olympic Committee, by Guillaume Bonnet of the campaign group All Out .
(7) We are better off in.” Out campaigners have claimed that the NHS could be badly hit by a decision to stay in the EU.
(8) Concurrent with this change in the level of enforcement of RBT was an extensive publicity campaign, which warned drinking drivers of their increased risk of detection by RBT units.
(9) "It seems that this is just a few experts who are pushing it through parliament … without anyone thinking through the likely consequences for our country," said Duke Tagoe of the Food Sovereignty campaign group.
(10) Photograph: AP Reasons for wavering • State relies on coal-fired electricity • Poor prospects for wind power • Conservative Democrat • Represents conservative district in conservative state and was elected on narrow margins Campaign support from fossil fuel interests in 2008 • $93,743 G K Butterfield (North Carolina) GK Butterfield, North Carolina.
(11) Since then the intensive development of anti-malaria campaigns in urban areas over about ten years led temporarily to a considerable decrease in the level of endemicity, while in rural areas it remained unchanged.
(12) Our campaign has been going for some time and each step in our progress has been hard won, by campaigners paid and volunteer alike.
(13) We didn’t take anyone’s votes for granted and we have run a very strong positive campaign.” Asked if she expected Ukip to run have Labour so close, she said: “To be honest with you I have been through more or less every scenario.
(14) He campaigned for a no vote and won handsomely, backed by more than 61%, before performing a striking U-turn on Thursday night, re-tabling the same austerity terms he had campaigned to defeat and which the voters rejected.
(15) The figures, published in the company’s annual report , triggered immediate anger from fuel poverty campaigners who noted that energy suppliers had just been rapped over the knuckles by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) for overcharging .
(16) When we trained on it, my heart sunk,” Coleman said after his side began their Euro 2016 campaign with a nervous victory.
(17) But when, less than two weeks out from the election, voters were asked to name the issues most important to them in the campaign, they nominated unemployment, inflation and economic management, rather than immigration and border control.
(18) When the election comes, we won’t be campaigning for a coalition... ...we will be fighting heart and soul for a majority Conservative Government – because that is what our country needs.
(19) While there has been almost no political reform during their terms of office, there have been several ambitious steps forward in terms of environmental policy: anti-desertification campaigns; tree planting; an environmental transparency law; adoption of carbon targets; eco-services compensation; eco accounting; caps on water; lower economic growth targets; the 12th Five-Year Plan; debate and increased monitoring of PM2.5 [fine particulate matter] and huge investments in eco-cities, "clean car" manufacturing, public transport, energy-saving devices and renewable technology.
(20) The alignment of Clinton’s Iowa team, all but guaranteeing a declaration of her official campaign before the end of next month, was coming into view amid reports that she was due to address by the end of the week controversy over her use of a private email account as secretary of state.
Spearhead
Definition:
(n.) The pointed head, or end, of a spear.
Example Sentences:
(1) He added: "There is a rigorous review process of applications submitted by the executive branch, spearheaded initially by five judicial branch lawyers who are national security experts and then by the judges, to ensure that the court's authorizations comport with what the applicable statutes authorize."
(2) The case, which had been going on for four years, became a cause celebre, one of a number that were used to spearhead a campaign for change to the libel laws by campaigners for freedom of speech.
(3) The court heard that Criado-Perez, who spearheaded the campaign, received a barrage of abuse on Twitter.
(4) Ten hospitals, which between them employ 55,000 people, will spearhead the move.
(5) Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe outlined his long-awaited growth strategy on Tuesday spearheaded by promises of expanded childcare to bring more women into the workforce and an investment boom.
(6) You're the spearhead, the army has invested years in you, now I want you to bring me dead terrorists."
(7) Nightingale admitted the offences last year and was detained for 18 months, but following a well-organised campaign spearheaded by his wife the sentence was reduced and the conviction quashed because of the way the case had been handled by the court.
(8) According to sources, the international coalition that has been spearheading the fight against the pirates drew up contingency plans in the summer of 2010, and again last year, for what was termed "over the beach" air strikes against Somali camps.
(9) Because of the pastoral traditions of veterinary medicine and the accompanying privilege of an intimate link with agricultural community life, veterinary public health and animal health workers are in and ideal strategic position to spearhead community organization and education across a much broader spectrum of health issues.
(10) An immigration system that works for Britain would ensure that the right to decide who comes to the country resides with the government.” A points-based system applying to migrants from across the world was first suggested by Ukip and quickly championed by the leave campaign, spearheaded by the foreign secretary, Boris Johnson.
(11) When Google bought Boston Dynamics, it was in the midst of an acquisition spree spearheaded by Andy Rubin, the former head of Android.
(12) That is a great frustration.” Compton has been tasked with spearheading the BBC’s switch to digital-first, using video, mobile and online to reach a 15- to 24-year-old audience who are switching off the radio in their droves.
(13) A high-level Chinese official is being investigated for "breaching party discipline" just weeks after he was promoted to one of the country's most powerful ruling bodies, potentially underscoring the gravity of a new anti-corruption drive spearheaded by China's new top leadership.
(14) There was hope that this could progress with the recent US-led talks which were underpinned by a hugely ambitious economic plan spearheaded by Mr Blair.
(15) There is nothing precise about intelligence that results in the deaths of 28 unknown people, including women and children, for every ‘bad guy’ the US goes after,” said Reprieve’s Jennifer Gibson, who spearheaded the group’s study.
(16) The Ottawa police service, in the face of government reluctance to fund drug treatment centres for young people, spearheaded a fundraising campaign to raise the money themselves, White said.
(17) Sergei Udaltsov, a 35-year-old radical leftwinger who has helped spearhead the mass protests that have rocked Moscow since late last year, is being investigated for provoking mass unrest around Russia , said Russia's investigative committee, an agency similar to the US Federal Bureau of Investigation.
(18) The type and size of the spearhead as well as its direction and severity of the impact were reflected in the degree of visceral damage.
(19) Other artefacts from the site include an exquisitely carved mammoth ivory spearhead.
(20) The amendment – based on a bill spearheaded by Harry Fletcher, criminal justice expert and founder of the Digital-Trust charity which campaigns against online abuse, and the Plaid Cymru MP and anti-stalking campaigner Elfyn Llwyd – will be tabled by crossbench peers in the House of Lords this month.