canvasser

variants also canvaser
as in interviewer
a person who goes around and approaches people with a request for opinions or information worked as a canvasser for a public interest research group

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Recent Examples of canvasser The canvassers themselves were also becoming a weapon. Mark Chiusano, Time, 14 Aug. 2025
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Noun
  • Miller is an expert interviewer and has given cinephiles a real gift as a candid Scorsese talks about his battles with drugs and his connection to faith.
    Randy Myers, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
  • His media training and a need to keep his interviewer at arm’s length yank him in one direction, while a desire to express himself and his beliefs offer counter force.
    Sam Dalling, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Bondi arrived armed with personal attacks against individual Democratic senators and lobbed them at her questioners when pressed on a range of topics.
    Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill, 8 Oct. 2025
  • The bullet passed near his team members and the questioner standing directly in front of him.
    Amanda Castro Hannah Parry Joshua Rhett Miller, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In a previous poll last month from conservative pollster Save Jersey, conducted by Valcour, Sherrill leads Ciattarelli by 2 points, 47 to 45, with 7 percent remaining unsure.
    Deputy News Editor, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Even some Republicans began warning this summer that letting those tax credits lapse could be detrimental, with Republican pollsters Tony Fabrizio and Bob Ward issuing a memo that cautioned an extension of the credits could make a difference in next year's midterm election.
    Amanda Seitz, NPR, 7 Oct. 2025

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“Canvasser.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/canvasser. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.

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