POLLING Synonyms: 36 Similar and Opposite Words

polling

verb

present participle of poll

as in interviewing

to go around and approach (people) with a request for opinions or information assigned to poll residents on their views about a program for recycling

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Relevance

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reporting

as in shaving

to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument time to poll the sheep's wool

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Recent Examples of polling Technology leaders who have taken the podium as graduation speakers of late may have figured out AI evangelizing isn’t polling well with young professionals, and tweaked their messaging accordingly. —

Tristan Bove, Fortune, 15 June 2026 Other potential candidates are only polling in single digits, a good 18 months before the first votes will be cast. —

Naomi Lim, The Washington Examiner, 13 June 2026 Webster is currently polling second, with 18%, while McLeod sits at 6%. —

Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 9 June 2026 Fujimori had been polling a few points ahead, with around a quarter of voters still undecided, but Reuters reports Sánchez could have narrowed the gap in the last week. —

Simeon Tegel, NPR, 6 June 2026 Winners 1) Xavier Becerra — Only two months ago, the low-key former California attorney general was polling at just 5%, stuck in a distant sixth place in the governor’s race and one of the candidates party leaders were hinting should drop out. —

Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 2 June 2026 Just two months ago, Becerra was polling at just 5% in the primary in a Berkeley/IGS Poll. —

Philip Wang, Time, 2 June 2026 The strategy failed, leaving her with less than 7 percent of the vote despite polling close to De la Espriella earlier in the campaign. —

Catherine Ellis, Miami Herald, 1 June 2026 And Steyer is still polling behind Becerra. —

Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2026

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Verb

Instead, those investigations are handled by an internal group of Air Force specialists tasked with collecting evidence, preserving it and interviewing witnesses.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2026
The live feed for the ceremony, with an eye on retaining the museum’s focus on everyday stories, cut at times to actress Marsai Martin, interviewing everyday people on the Midway.

— Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 18 June 2026