poller

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
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Noun
  • Finally, the paper acknowledges that the study’s interviewer was not blind to the C9 status of its participants and went in with a specific hypothesis—circumstances that risk bias.
    The New Yorker, New Yorker, 13 July 2026
  • Suki, a vocal Black woman with an at times vulgar persona, whereas Althoff, a white woman, gained a reputation as an awkward, seemingly timid interviewer on her The Really Good Podcast.
    Meagan Jordan, VIBE.com, 10 July 2026
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
Noun
  • Ossoff is the most popular Senator running for re-election this fall at 54% job approval, per the pollster.
    Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 15 July 2026
  • Government pollsters say the share of Russians marking Valentine’s Day fell from 51% in 2005 to 30% in 2025.
    Diana Dukhanova, The Conversation, 6 July 2026

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“Poller.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poller. Accessed 18 Jul. 2026.

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