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1
as in to interview
to go around and approach (people) with a request for opinions or information
we canvassed people all over town, asking if they would be interested in participating in a recycling program
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as in to discuss
to talk about (an issue) usually from various points of view and for the purpose of arriving at a decision or opinion
canvassed all the items on the agenda
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Recent Examples of canvass
Even this month, there remained some willing to canvass outside the WB lot for the movie to be released.
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Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 19 Mar. 2025
Latta and an independent group of tree care professionals who have canvassed Altadena for weeks believe that many of the trees are wrongly tagged for removal.
—Tribune News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Mar. 2025
Election results will remain unofficial until mail-in ballots postmarked for Election Day or earlier are counted, provisional ballots are checked and votes are canvassed.
—Naperville Sun, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2025
Musk had previously canvassed potential investors for an xAI funding round at a valuation of about $75 billion, Bloomberg News reported in February.
—Bloomberg, Oc Register, 28 Mar. 2025
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Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 19 Mar. 2025
Latta and an independent group of tree care professionals who have canvassed Altadena for weeks believe that many of the trees are wrongly tagged for removal.
—Tribune News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Mar. 2025
Election results will remain unofficial until mail-in ballots postmarked for Election Day or earlier are counted, provisional ballots are checked and votes are canvassed.
—Naperville Sun, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2025
Musk had previously canvassed potential investors for an xAI funding round at a valuation of about $75 billion, Bloomberg News reported in February.
—Bloomberg, Oc Register, 28 Mar. 2025
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Highlights include interviewing the CEO of Hermès, Robert Chavez on the Maison’s new flagship for Forbes.com, Valentino on his major retrospective for CR Fashion Book, and Isabel Marant for MUSE’s fashion issue.—
Felicity Carter,
Forbes.com,
3 May 2025
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Dubas wants to interview candidates from different coaching backgrounds.—
Josh Yohe,
New York Times,
2 May 2025
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Emotional Conversations Always End In Exhaustion, Not Resolution In marriages caught in the chaser-spacer dynamic, attempts to discuss feelings often devolve into emotional exhaustion rather than resolution.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
4 May 2025
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Speaking to IndieWire back at Sundance where the film premiered, Questlove discussed including a shot of Will Smith in a montage for the film.—
Harrison Richlin,
IndieWire,
3 May 2025
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But of the nearly 20 candidates surveyed in the Data For Progress survey, Smith had the lowest net favorability of all figures tested with a negative 3% rating.—
Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
4 May 2025
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The Infrared Astronomy Satellite, IRAS, launched in 1983 and surveyed the universe for almost a year before being decommissioned.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
1 May 2025
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The agency also conducted two other safety reports on the Philadelphia move in 2021, related to airspace realignment and training waivers, which CNN has not reviewed.—
Blake Ellis,
CNN Money,
9 May 2025
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The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
9 May 2025
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“Canvass.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/canvass. Accessed 13 May. 2025.
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