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.
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Ben Paviour,
Sacbee.com,
24 Mar. 2026
The pandemic appears to have accelerated the trend of people ignoring pollers’ calls.
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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.
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Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Sep. 2019
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
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For this poll, interviewers placed more than 92,000 calls to nearly 35,000 voters.
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Over the years, Cohn became one of ESPN's most recognizable personalities, serving as a host, reporter, interviewer, commentator, writer and play-by-play announcer.
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In the performance & results phase, your role is that of an inquirer.
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Since Cohn had signed the letter asking for retraction, the lead inquirer did not report to him.
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That could further drive down political engagement in a community that already has a reputation for low voter turnout, political scientist and pollster Michael Bitzer said.
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An April survey by New Bridge Strategy, a Republican pollster, and Aspect Strategic, a Democratic firm, for the nonpartisan Colorado Polling Institute did not test the head-to-head race but did look at favorability of leading Colorado Democrats.
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“Poller.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poller. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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