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poller

noun

Definition of pollernext
as in interviewer
a person who goes around and approaches people with a request for opinions or information data gathered by nationwide pollers showed the Republicans in the lead

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Recent Examples of poller Not that those numbers showed any sign of discouraging any of the single-digit candidates, with two low-pollers, Betty Yee and Xavier Becerra, launching new ad campaigns this week. — Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 24 Mar. 2026 The pandemic appears to have accelerated the trend of people ignoring pollers’ calls. — Preston Fore, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2025 Pratt has gone from novelty candidate to serious contender to, at the moment, an oh-so-close third-place poller ahead of Tuesday’s primary that will determine what will almost surely be the two candidates who advance to November. — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for poller
  1. interviewer
  2. inquirer
  3. pollster
Noun
  • Any interviewer with distance from Jay, or perhaps refined skills as a journalist, may have approached the tracks more directly, and some topics here feel like they’re weighted with unturned stones.
    — Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Rather than hopping on a phone or Zoom call with a human recruiter, candidates are increasingly being asked to speak with an AI interviewer as the first step in the hiring process.
    — Sophie Caldwell Juhohn Lee, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of interviewer
Noun
  • In the performance & results phase, your role is that of an inquirer.
    — Rodney C. Adkins, Forbes.com, 19 May 2026
  • Since Cohn had signed the letter asking for retraction, the lead inquirer did not report to him.
    — Ben Taub, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
Definition of inquirer
Noun
  • Many people avoid answering pollsters’ overtures, a reality that makes representative samples drawn from surveys alone nearly impossible.
    — W. Joseph Campbell, The Conversation, 22 Sep. 2026
  • In past years, some of their polling has shown higher Latino support for Democrats and lower Latino support for Republicans compared to other pollsters.
    — Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 22 Sep. 2026
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“Poller.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poller. Accessed 26 Sep. 2026.

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