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as in interviews
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 debates
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 canvasses
The quarterly survey canvasses the views from a sample of chief financial officers on the CNBC CFO Council.
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Eric Rosenbaum,
CNBC,
9 Dec. 2025
Johnson said her staff canvasses neighborhoods several days a week to help connect them to resources.
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Malachi Barrett,
Freep.com,
22 May 2024
Lastly, check out Museum Brandhorst—eye-catching for its stunning ceramic facade, and just as much so for its massive collection of Cy Twombly canvases.
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Charlie Hobbs,
Condé Nast Traveler,
6 June 2023
Eric Rosenbaum,
CNBC,
9 Dec. 2025
Johnson said her staff canvasses neighborhoods several days a week to help connect them to resources.
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Malachi Barrett,
Freep.com,
22 May 2024
Lastly, check out Museum Brandhorst—eye-catching for its stunning ceramic facade, and just as much so for its massive collection of Cy Twombly canvases.
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Charlie Hobbs,
Condé Nast Traveler,
6 June 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for canvasses
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Bunnie Xo interviews a wide range of personalities, from country music artists like her husband to published authors and social media figures.
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Deirdre O’Mahony interviews Irish farmers who’ve likewise watched their labor and craft ravaged by capitalism, but turns their woes into a memorable libretto set to striking aerial views of their fields.
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As Silicon Valley debates whether AI will replace millions of office workers, one of the executives building the technology’s underlying infrastructure says Gen Z shouldn’t buy into the apocalyptic job displacement predictions.
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So vetting needs pre-agreed criteria like strategic fit, feasibility, and speed to impact scored before the room debates, so the idea gets evaluated instead of the person who had it.
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The company organizes thousands of AI agents into statistically representative populations—each agent assigned an age, an income, a zip code, a gender, among other things—and surveys them in place of human respondents.
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Sartori surveys the lagoon weekly by boat for signs of nesting, which would indicate a self-sustaining Venetian colony.
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This article discusses how Parent PLUS loans can become a retirement debt trap, how families should evaluate borrowing and what older borrowers can do before repayment problems become harder to fix.
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Emma D'Arcy discusses Rhaenyra's bold move on House of the Dragon season 3's second episode.
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“Canvasses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/canvasses. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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