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  • adjective During a political campaign.

Etymologies

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mid- +‎ campaign

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Examples

  • George Bush may have averted a midcampaign fracas over abortion.

    Ungagged 2008

  • George Bush may have averted a midcampaign fracas over abortion.

    Ungagged 2008

  • Given how unusual a year this was, it may have made sense for McCarthy to publish his poetry in midcampaign, but the contents of the poem seem ill chosen.

    1968 the Year that Rocked the World Kurlansky, Mark 2004

  • They talked about him as though he were a poet who later became a senator, although the less romantic truth that he was able to reinvent himself as a poet in midcampaign may be a more impressive stunt.

    1968 the Year that Rocked the World Kurlansky, Mark 2004

  • Although the Prussian Government and people were far from well-disposed toward the French, Napoleon felt he had less reason to fear for his communications in the northern than on the southern front, where there was always the danger that his even less trusted Austrian ally would resort to treachery and change sides in midcampaign.

    THE CAMPAIGNS OF NAPOLEON DAVID G. CHANDLER 1966

  • Although the Prussian Government and people were far from well-disposed toward the French, Napoleon felt he had less reason to fear for his communications in the northern than on the southern front, where there was always the danger that his even less trusted Austrian ally would resort to treachery and change sides in midcampaign.

    THE CAMPAIGNS OF NAPOLEON DAVID G. CHANDLER 1966

  • Exiled independent MP Helena Guergis, a former member of the Tory caucus, launched a surprise midcampaign counterattack against the Conservatives when she revealed the dirty details of unfounded allegations against her that the prime minister's office asked the RCMP to investigate.

    Thestar.com - Home Page Allan Woods 2011

  • Democrats are queasy (and Republicans giddy) at the spectacle of Mr. Blagojevich's federal corruption trial, set to begin here in June, coming in midcampaign.

    Elections - fresh news by plazoo.com 2010

  • Democrats are queasy (and Republicans giddy) at the spectacle of Mr. Blagojevich's federal corruption trial, set to begin here in June, coming in midcampaign.

    Elections - fresh news by plazoo.com 2010

  • The enemy might learn the approximate positions of the corps d’armée on a certain date, but this information in itself would give little indication of the battle strength of the various formations; furthermore, Napoleon’s habit of altering the establishment of his major units in midcampaign, even creating new corps as the need arose, also served to delude enemy intelligence.

    THE CAMPAIGNS OF NAPOLEON DAVID G. CHANDLER 1966

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