How to Use canvass in a Sentence

canvass

1 of 2 verb

• We go to every house to canvass voters.
• The group has been canvassing neighborhoods to ask people to vote for him.
• She is canvassing for one of the presidential candidates this year.
• The company canvassed several sites for a new factory.
• A team of volunteers is canvassing the city for the Republican Party.
• The city plans to canvass the results from all six runoff races on Monday.
  — Everton Bailey Jr., Dallas News, 8 June 2021
• Herron canvassed Titus’ home twice, both times in the rain.
  — Indystar Staff, The Indianapolis Star, 2 May 2023
• The initial push to canvass the neighborhood has wrapped up.
  — Ryan Gillespie, Orlando Sentinel, 6 Apr. 2023
• Officers canvassed the 2000 block of Tupelo Way and found the scene of the shooting.
  — George Avalos, The Mercury News, 24 Feb. 2024
• In the run-up to the 2020 elections, when he was laid off from his job because of pandemic shutdowns, the union paid him to canvass door-to-door.
  — Brett Anderson, New York Times, 31 Oct. 2022
• The Board of Supervisors is set to canvass votes by the end of the week, according to a county spokesperson.
  — Jen Fifield, The Arizona Republic, 17 Nov. 2020
• The board is expected to canvass the votes and make the results official next week.
  — Andres Picon, ExpressNews.com, 12 Dec. 2020
• State rules require counties to canvass results and turn them over to the state by November 17.
  — CBS News, 5 Nov. 2020
• Once all the votes are counted, counties across the state will canvass them, or officially report the results to the state.
  — Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 2 Aug. 2022
• On the spur of the moment, someone suggested instead that the Fish wrestle Ratliff, who was there in a suit and tie to canvass for voters.
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 27 Oct. 2021
• The group used these findings to figure out which houses to canvass for more data, Wheeler said.
  — Slone Terranella, Detroit Free Press, 20 Mar. 2021
• The counties had a Nov. 28 deadline to canvass their votes and send them to the Secretary of State's Office in time to prepare for this exercise.
  — Mary Jo Pitzl, The Arizona Republic, 4 Dec. 2022
• The school board is expected to meet June 29 to canvass the election results, the district said in an announcement.
  — Dallas News, 20 June 2022
• In canvassing Catholics around world — a two-year process beginning in 2021 that led to this month’s meeting — the role of women emerged as a pressing issue.
  — Elisabetta Povoledo, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2023
• At least 25% of the burn area has been canvassed by search and rescue teams with cadaver dogs, Maui officials said Monday.
  — Faris Tanyos, CBS News, 15 Aug. 2023
• In the hours that followed, homicide detectives would canvass the area for any tiny amount of evidence.
  — Alex Stone, ABC News, 29 July 2021
• According to the data, this is the ideal time to canvass—early evening, inclement weather.
  — Saïd Sayrafiezadeh, The New Yorker, 12 June 2023
• Detectives will canvass the area to see if neighbors heard or saw anything.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 7 July 2023
• An officer canvassed the area for cameras but did not find any, police wrote.
  — Lilly Price, Baltimore Sun, 9 May 2023
• The failure to certify the results means that Wayne County must turn the processes over to the state board, which will have 10 days to canvass and certify the results.
  — Zachary Halaschak, Washington Examiner, 17 Nov. 2020
• The official results will not be canvassed until March 22.
  — Taylor Seely, The Arizona Republic, 14 Mar. 2023
• She got married during the campaign, took a two-day honeymoon, then got back to canvassing.
  — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2023
• G&J Treats started in 2019 as an ice cream truck that used to canvass San Antonio neighborhoods.
  — Chuck Blount, San Antonio Express-News, 12 Nov. 2021
• As mayor, Balen canvasses large swaths of the city every day to assess the status of his engineering projects.
  — Bhadra Sharma, New York Times, 12 May 2023
• Despite all the ruckus, Gates promised in a press statement that the county Board of Supervisors will canvass, or certify, the results of the election.
  — Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 21 Nov. 2022

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canvass

2 of 2 noun

• The rest of the kids went back to their cities and states to lobby, canvass, plead and protest.
  — Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 13 June 2022
• The group led a canvass over the weekend in an effort to find him.
  — Bill Lukitsch, Kansas City Star, 24 Feb. 2024
• The county canvass added 28 votes for Biden and 11 votes for Trump.
  — Patrick Marley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 18 Nov. 2020
• That election was May 6 and the final canvass was May 17.
  — Everton Bailey Jr., Dallas News, 20 June 2023
• Kelly also launched a get-out-the-vote canvass in the morning.
  — The Arizona Republic, 7 Nov. 2022
• In April, O'Rourke drove 600 miles to Laredo to knock on doors and canvass for new voters.
  — Paul J. Weber and Will Weissert, USA TODAY, 25 May 2021
• The initial canvass of the race found Miller-Meeks defeated Hart by 47 votes.
  — Kathryn Watson, Adam Brewster, CBS News, 1 Apr. 2021
• Require board approval for the clerk to hire any associate who would help with the canvass.
  — Dave Boucher, Detroit Free Press, 25 Mar. 2021
• Less than 400 mail-in ballots will be counted in the board’s final canvass Friday, Berry stated in the email.
  — Thomas Goodwin Smith, Baltimore Sun, 16 Nov. 2022
• The vote to switch to a canvass, or firehouse primary, failed on a 34-36 vote with five abstentions.
  — Matthew Barakat, Star Tribune, 24 Feb. 2021
• The canvass of mail-in ballots began statewide Thursday.
  — Jeff Barker, Baltimore Sun, 25 July 2022
• The state board will meet Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. to provide an update on the canvass of the general election.
  — Clara Hendrickson, Detroit Free Press, 18 Nov. 2020
• Hawley expected the canvass to be finished by Nov. 18, four days ahead of the Nov. 22 deadline.
  — Alison Dirr, Journal Sentinel, 8 Nov. 2022
• Counties have 30 days after the election to complete the official canvass, per The New York Times.
  — Mckenzie Sadeghi, USA TODAY, 21 Sep. 2021
• Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, the governor-elect, presided over the canvass.
  — Libby Cathey, ABC News, 5 Dec. 2022
• The project included a door-to-door canvass of the county’s voters, led by familiar figures from the Stop the Steal circuit.
  — New York Times, 19 July 2022
• The count must happen with enough time for the county to meet its deadline to submit election results for the statewide canvass, which happens on Dec. 5.
  — Mary Jo Pitzl, The Arizona Republic, 26 Oct. 2022
• State law does not allow the canvass of mail-in ballots to begin until Thursday.
  — Emily Opilo, Baltimore Sun, 20 July 2022
• The statewide canvass of results is set for Dec. 5 in Arizona, leaving Lake a small window of time to bring any legal challenges.
  — Libby Cathey, ABC News, 18 Nov. 2022
• There is an effort already underway to conduct an in-person canvass of the 2020 vote in Utah.
  — Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune, 1 Nov. 2021
• The losing candidate must file a request for a recount within seven days of the vote canvass.
  — Jacob Scholl, The Salt Lake Tribune, 7 July 2022
• The canvass of mail-in ballots got underway across Maryland Thursday, the first day of what could be a lengthy process to decide key races both local and statewide.
  — Emily Opilo, Baltimore Sun, 21 July 2022
• Warnock, at an Election Day canvass lunch in Norcross, urged supporters not to get deterred by rainy weather and to keep going to the polls.
  — Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 6 Dec. 2022
• Due to the number of mail-in ballots that may not have yet been counted, results for the April 6 election may change before the official canvass on April 27.
  — Steve Schering, chicagotribune.com, 7 Apr. 2021
• During a canvass of the area, it was learned that another home also had been burglarized.
  — Cheryl Higley, cleveland, 29 Oct. 2021
• The signing of the canvass statement on Monday confirmed that Biden receives the state’s 10 Electoral College votes from those electors.
  — Scott Bauer, Anchorage Daily News, 1 Dec. 2020
• The new data shows how the ethnic, racial and voting-age makeup of neighborhoods shifted over the past decade, based on the national house-to-house canvass last year.
  — Author: Tara Bahrampour, Ted Mellnik, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Aug. 2021
• In a special session, City Council approved a canvass of the votes that showed record voter turnout and strong support for a trio of propositions.
  — Diego Mendoza-Moyers, ExpressNews.com, 16 Nov. 2020
• Work began as the sun rose Tuesday morning, with a backhoe ripping down the existing stage made of metal and canvass canopy.
  — Ryan Gillespie, Orlando Sentinel, 14 June 2022
• What better canvass for a full reveal of my shapely leg meat than the river-facing facade of the Merchandise Mart?
  — Rex Huppke, chicagotribune.com, 7 May 2021

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