1
as in to survey
to go around and approach (people) with a request for opinions or information
assigned to poll residents on their views about a program for recycling
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2
as in to shave
to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument
time to poll the sheep's wool
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Recent Examples of poll
Ross O'Keefe, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 26 Mar. 2025
What To Know According to a Rasmussen Reports poll of 1,965 U.S. likely voters, 50 percent think the country is on the wrong track.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 25 Mar. 2025
Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 26 Mar. 2025
Yet, no majority of people polled in those countries feel the same way about America.
—Brendan Cole, Newsweek, 18 Mar. 2025
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Noun
Trump dedicated vast resources during his 2024 bid for president toward ensuring election integrity, including deploying thousands of poll watchers and attorneys to monitor the vote.
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The publication recently polled readers about the top 10 brewpubs in the United States in 2025 — and Urban Roots Brewery & Smokehouse, 1322 V St. in Sacramento, made the list.
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Now, Maineri heads into year 12 with 18 pitchers on his roster, hoping that rising junior Caleb Gilbert and sophomore-to-be Zach Hess will emerge at the top of the pitching rotation.—
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Cal Fire representatives said the current parking mess has already impacted them because the driveway to their station enters the highway not far from the trail head.—
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Of the people surveyed, 10 percent admitted turning to AI tools for relationship advice.—
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The cheapest flights to Europe in 2025 Average fares between Atlanta and Reykjavík, Iceland run just $800 during the period surveyed — and that’s just the average.—
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Derrin claims Farley would also shave and put his body hair on people and their food.—
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Revisited epic, and its power is undiminished even though Dylan shaved off some of the latter verses.—
Noun
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These cranial reinforcements helped distribute stress efficiently across the skull, enabling powerful, marrow-extracting bites.—
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An autopsy suggested Camarena's death was caused by a puncture through the skull and into the brain, likely from a steel rebar or tire iron.—
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Getting rejected from a job posting before being asked to interview is frustrating.—
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Officials have interviewed the doctor, hotel and restaurant employees, and are reviewing security footage.—
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The 27-year-old’s next offering was even more up and in, the baseball colliding with India’s helmet, clipping his ear flap and grazing his face.—
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Everybody was able to move out, but two older women were really almost clipped.—
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Just don’t forgo the citrus finish—these noodles need their tang.—
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Another standout is the house-special rice noodles with sliced beef, peanuts, pickled peppers, sour pickled radish cubes, cucumber, cilantro, and pickled long beans to cut through the heat.—
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The mom of one most notably cut her hair in January 2023, debuting a head-turning, blunt bob.—
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Nissan reversed an earlier decision to cut production at a Tennesee plant to one shift from two.—
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“Poll.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poll. Accessed 7 Apr. 2025.
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