bandwagons

noun

plural of bandwagon
as in campaigns
a series of activities undertaken to achieve a goal tried to get everyone on the bandwagon about forming a neighborhood cleanup

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Recent Examples of bandwagons Finally, Teo says Ethereal’s success stems in part from sticking to early-stage startups and resisting the temptation to jump on bandwagons. — Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 4 May 2026 Don’t make knee-jerk transfers Player prices fluctuate greatly at the start of the season as millions of FPL managers jump on early bandwagons. — Abdul Rehman, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2025 And as more researchers pile onto the same scientific bandwagons, some experts worry about a feedback loop of conformity and declining originality. — Elie Dolgin, IEEE Spectrum, 19 Jan. 2026
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  1. campaigns
  2. movements
Noun
  • The cost and time associated with full qualification campaigns have been a practical deterrent for using AM in anything beyond non-structural or low-criticality applications.
    — Aditya Jadhav, Interesting Engineering, 7 July 2026
  • Yet Republican lawmakers and others have blamed a growing opposition to data centers on foreign-influence campaigns linked to China.
    — Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 7 July 2026
Definition of campaigns
Noun
  • The difficulties facing two of Europe’s leading far right figures underscored right-wing movements’ failure to coalesce behind their sizable polling advantages.
    — Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 7 July 2026
  • Ahead of the football World Cup, Boston Dynamics released a video showing Atlas studying football footage before accurately recreating player movements, including controlling and passing a ball during a practice session.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 7 July 2026
Definition of movements

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