canvasser

Example Sentences

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She’s paired up with a first-time canvasser, Michael, a twentysomething from Queens who declined to give his last name.

From Slate • Oct. 27, 2025

These days, things have slowed so much at his current place of employment, a warehouse that builds pallets, that he has taken on additional work as an Uber driver and canvasser for nonprofits.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 21, 2024

A paid canvasser for the New Georgia Project Action Fund, Hardwick was working the southwest Georgia town of Dawson on a warm October afternoon.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 3, 2022

The canvasser was holding a Confederate flag when he was detained by police.

From Washington Times • Nov. 1, 2022

He represents that vast army of electors whom neither canvasser nor caucus has ever yet cajoled or bullied into a polling-booth. 

From Obiter Dicta Second Series by Birrell, Augustine