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
  • The interviews are recorded in private sessions with only the interviewer and interviewee present, and the footage is kept confidential until after the participant’s passing.
    Denise Petski, Deadline, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Investigators are working to catalog evidence from the ruins of the church and interviewing dozens of victims and witnesses, with the help of victim specialists, child advocates, forensic interviewers and local partners, according to FBI acting special agent in charge Reuben Coleman.
    Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • When pollsters YouGov first noticed this trend, and Newsweek also began writing about it, the malaise was predominantly confined to 18 to 24-year-olds.
    Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025
  • The numbers are a slight uptick in his overall rating compared to the pollsters' last survey in April, which saw a near-historic low approval of 39%, with a similar 55% disapproval.
    Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 21 Sep. 2025

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“Canvasser.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/canvasser. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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