- present tense form of poll (3rd person singular).
polls
Example Sentences
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Two polls released this week showed each side holding a narrow lead, making the coming referendum too close to call.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
The monthly BLS employment report, on the other hand, is assembled from much smaller polls of households and companies instead of actual tax records.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026
It is a referendum that polls suggest is too close to call.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
But since no one got the majority necessary to avoid a runoff, voters are returning to the polls this week to pick a winner.
From Slate ● Aug. 25, 2026
“On the day the electorate, as expected in polls, was voting in unprecedented numbers against bombing North Vietnam or otherwise escalating the war, we were working to set such a policy in motion,” Ellsberg recalled.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
