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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 discusses
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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The documentary also interviews Licari’s parents and investigators, from local law enforcement to the FBI.—
Monica Mercuri,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025 -
This three-part Netflix series interviews the show’s creators, one of the trainers (Bob Harper; Jillian Michaels passed on being interviewed), some contestants, an author and others, including host Alison Sweeney.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
30 Aug. 2025
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This article discusses memory and chip and system design talks at the 2025 AI Infra Summit in Santa Clara, CA by Kove, Pliops and Cadence.—
Thomas Coughlin,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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This article discusses the first four episodes of Prime Video’s The Girlfriend.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
10 Sep. 2025
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As Washington debates the future of the space agency, the Perseverance team can only go about its business, sending its rover this way and that, to sniff out clues to Mars’s ancient past.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
11 Sep. 2025
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During such events, Kirk debates students and others about myriad of topics, some of them controversial.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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Finally, a validator agent reviews the output for consistency, checks formatting and ensures nothing critical is missing before delivering the report to the legal team.—
Gopikrishnan Anilkumar,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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An AiP is a symbolic certification step in which a classification society reviews a new ship’s design or technology.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Canvasses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/canvasses. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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