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 Focus groups are not polling, so there isn't anything scientifically significant to draw from these conversations. — Ashley Lopez, NPR, 16 July 2026 Brothers of Italy is polling near 27%, up from 23% at the last election. — Mark Sappenfield, Christian Science Monitor, 13 July 2026 By comparison, Labour is currently polling at just 19 percent nationally. — Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 19 June 2026 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 Just two months ago, Becerra was polling at just 5% in the primary in a Berkeley/IGS Poll. — Philip Wang, Time, 2 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

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Verb

However, in my experience as a professor of inclusive leadership, working for C-suite leaders and interviewing them, humility is a common denominator for the most impactful and inspiring leaders.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
Traceback data, or information acquired through steps such as interviewing sick people and used by investigators to trace illnesses back through the food supply chain, is often the primary tool used in cyclospora outbreaks.

— Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 22 July 2026

Definition of interviewing

Verb

Try roasting it with olive oil and salt, sautéing it and adding it to a pasta or grain bowl, or shaving it with a vegetable peeler and adding the raw strips to a salad for some crunch.

— Sarah Anzlovar, Verywell Health, 20 July 2026
And while the results last much longer than shaving, each session typically takes more time, especially when treating larger areas like the legs.

— Iman Balagam, Vogue, 17 July 2026

Definition of shaving

Verb

This might mean alerting the client to a potential geopolitical shock or surveying their target audience’s core preferences or recommending product marketing campaigns that address those preferences.

— Will Johnson, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
Notice how often his head is swiveling, surveying the field over each shoulder.

— Sally Jenkins, The Atlantic, 18 July 2026

Definition of surveying

Verb

Germany’s biggest automaker is planning a massive restructuring and cost-cutting program in response to intensifying competition from Chinese electric vehicle makers and higher tariffs on its exports to the United States.

— Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 24 July 2026
This past winter, Madison lawmakers shot down a budget proposal that would have paid for a body camera program by cutting funds to the monitor.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 July 2026

Definition of cutting

Verb

Launched by General Mills in 1996, it was built to invite parents to turn ordinary grocery purchases into support for their child's school, originally by clipping box tops, now by scanning receipts in an app.

— Karl Mawhinney, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
He was arrested crossing the border from Mexico into Texas in September 1981, according to a news clipping from the Chicago Tribune.

— Doha Madani, NBC news, 16 July 2026

Definition of clipping

Verb

Rather than just trimming stems and plopping them in a vase, reflexing plays with the form of the flower by gently folding petals backwards to open up the bloom.

— Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 18 July 2026
Even the Oklahoma City Thunder, who are still sitting on a huge haul of future draft capital, had to start trimming their supporting cast this offseason because Chet Holmgren and Jalen Williams’ max extensions kicked in.

— Bryan Toporek, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026

Definition of trimming

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