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 Find out how candidates are polling in competitive Senate races. — Josephine Murphy, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2026 And Le Pen is polling well against the centrist candidates in a possible final round, with small to medium leads. — Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2026 The party is currently polling at approximately 35% in voter intention surveys ahead of next year’s presidential election — far away the first-place party. — Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 22 Oct. 2026 Serbia's students and their Students' List ticket are believed to be polling close with Vucic's SNS. — ABC News, 20 Oct. 2026 Piper Sandler’s annual teen survey — polling 9,000 teens across 47 states — shows overall beauty spend swelled 7 percent this year, with growth across all key categories, including cosmetics, skin care, hair and fragrance. — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2026 In 2024, Standard Chartered started polling employees on their backgrounds to get a better understanding of socio-economic diversity within the business. — Sam Birchall, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2026 How successful the gerrymandering actually was remains to be seen — Republicans are polling poorly in the Lone Star State, perhaps in part because of their blatant attempt to cheat voters out of their voices. — The Denver Post Editorial Board, Denver Post, 6 Oct. 2026 But former vice president Kamala Harris is threatening to crowd the centrist Californian got-the-receipts lane in a prospective Democratic lineup and already polling higher than Newsom among likely 2028 voters. — Joe Hagan, Vanity Fair, 30 Sep. 2026

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Verb

The couple were sold, tapping Buck without interviewing anyone else.

— Elizabeth Fazzare, Architectural Digest, 22 Oct. 2026
The department said officers spent the day gathering evidence, interviewing witnesses and reviewing video from multiple perspectives, including footage showing interactions between Moreida and federal personnel before the collision.

— Daniel Hunt, Sacbee.com, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of interviewing

Verb

Like almost winning a race, almost shaving a second off my time for the 3200m run, my event in high school, the one that got me into college, a recruit for someone else to gamble on.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2026
The point-shaving scheme resulted in more than $3 million in fraudulent wagers.

— ABC News, ABC News, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of shaving

Verb

Emergency crews in Florida and Alabama are surveying damage wrought by Hurricane Isaias, after the storm bashed into the Gulf Coast as a Category 2 storm Friday night.

— Bill Chappell, NPR, 10 Oct. 2026
The three-time NBA MVP stood behind a gaggle of teammates squished up against the CU bench, quietly surveying the madness from the 15-yard line while twisting the cap of his bottled water.

— Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of surveying

Verb

Leslie took issue with a recent stunt Kennedy had pulled at the hospital, which involved making a surprise appearance for a ribbon-cutting ceremony to open his signature vaccine injury clinic.

— Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 23 Oct. 2026
Stephanie Keith | Bloomberg | Getty Images American Express is cutting thousands of employees as the leading credit card company prepares for artificial intelligence to take over more of its internal processes.

— Hugh Son, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of cutting

Verb

Not your average road dog, Berlant only recently began taking a notebook onstage and clipping her work for social media.

— Matt Grobar, Deadline, 19 Oct. 2026
But Jodar sealed the victory on his own serve, clipping a forehand winner down the line after Medvedev's tame smash at the net sat up nicely for him.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of clipping

Verb

The younger Bolsonaro's other proposals include trimming the size of the Brazilian state to boost economic growth.

— Carrie Kahn, NPR, 23 Oct. 2026
But new technologies are opening the door to transition a portion of the inputs from petrochemicals to plants, trimming the environmental impact of these fibers.

— Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of trimming

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