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poll

[pohl] / poʊl /
NOUN
census; tally of answers to questions of opinion
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Parents turned to social media, friends and family, and financial apps and websites for help, according to the Intuit poll.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 4, 2026

Dissanayake's leftist JVP, or the People's Liberation Front, won a two-thirds majority at the November 2024 parliamentary elections after his own victory two months earlier in the presidential poll.

From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026

According to a recent poll by Common Sense Media, 72% of U.S. teenagers say they have used AI companions, and more than half do so regularly.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

Support for the war among Jewish Israelis was initially estimated at above 90%, in a poll by the Israel Democracy Institute.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

If the poll concerns an issue about which opinions are changing rapidly, how are the results affected by spreading the poll out over time?

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos