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poll

[pohl] / poʊl /
NOUN
census; tally of answers to questions of opinion
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A YouGov poll this month showed 50% in favor of the Sunday ban and 43% against it.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 19, 2026

The cheaper option is by unenrolled deed poll, which a person can do by themselves or through a private company for a fee.

From BBC Jul. 18, 2026

Backed by a coalition of non-college-educated, older, and Black voters, Stevens led a poll sponsored by the Detroit News by 7 points this week.

From Slate Jul. 18, 2026

He no longer is ranked among the top 10 older horses in the National Thoroughbred Racing Assn. weekly poll.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 17, 2026

In a 2005 poll by The New York Times, fully 81 percent of Americans said they had felt social pressure to buy high-priced goods.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times

Two opinion polls in Russia suggest Putin's popularity has dropped this month.

From BBC Jul. 17, 2026

Bald-faced lies can be fact-checked, laughed out of court, disagreed with in polls, or at least disputed head on.

From Slate Jul. 17, 2026

But recent polls show that a majority of Israelis want him out of office, with former military chief Gadi Eisenkot emerging as his main rival.

From Barron's Jul. 12, 2026

Since the start of the year, the right-wing AfD has shot up in opinion polls, becoming the most popular party in the country for the first time since its creation in 2013.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

Liz organized some students from Philander Smith College to provide rides to the polls on election day.

From "The Lions of Little Rock" by Kristin Levine

Analysts polled by Visible Alpha expected fee-generating assets under management at 144.7 billion euros.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

The forward P/E ratios are based on Friday’s closing prices and consensus 12-month earnings-per-share estimates among analysts polled by LSEG.

From MarketWatch Jul. 17, 2026

Analysts polled by FactSet were expecting $2.25 a share.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 16, 2026

Analysts polled by FactSet expected United to report adjusted profit of $1.88 a share on sales of $17.6 billion.

From MarketWatch Jul. 15, 2026

When I polled some accomplished writers about which style manuals they had con- sulted during their apprenticeships, the most common answer I got was “none.”

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

Voters in the Atlantic archipelago of Sao Tome and Principe, regarded as a model of democracy in Africa, will head to polling stations on Sunday for the presidential election.

From Barron's Jul. 19, 2026

Meanwhile, polling since the third candidate, Mallory McMorrow, dropped out suggests that Stevens has been the larger beneficiary of her support.

From Slate Jul. 18, 2026

Americans most frequently mention government leadership and economic issues as the country’s most important problems in Gallup polling.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 17, 2026

However, polling frequently suggests inheritance tax is widely regarded as the least fair tax, external.

From BBC Jul. 17, 2026

The Voting Rights Act also allowed federal observers to review voter qualifications and monitor polling places.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson




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