"webathon" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2003, Government Research Corporation, National Journal: Volume 35",
          "text": "The fundraising Webathons — think Jerry Lewis online — popularized by Dean are becoming standard fare, as have e-mail alerts.",
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          "ref": "2006, Matthew Strebe, Michael Moncur, Charles Perkins, The Best of SlashNOT: 2002-2005, page 280",
          "text": "Perhaps I should stage some sort of webathon or something.",
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        {
          "ref": "2009, HK, “It's important to keep her busy...”, in rec.boats (Usenet)",
          "text": "Even some of Palin's critics question the validity of some of the complaints, and her supporters have waged a weeklong Webathon to raise money for a legal defense fund set up for the governor, ringing up more than $109,000 by day seven, Sunday.",
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        {
          "ref": "2010, Priscilla Nelson, Ed Cohen, Riding the Tiger: Leading Through Learning in Turbulent Times, page 86",
          "text": "At the end of January, we ran a five-hour-plus webathon to raise funds for a local orphanage with which we were heavily involved. We had one camera going live and another crew picking up interviews at the back of the webcast area.",
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        "A fundraising event carried out by means of the World Wide Web."
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          "World Wide Web",
          "World Wide Web"
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  "word": "webathon"
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  "etymology_text": "Web + -athon",
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