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 Merz's Christian Democratic Union was significantly behind, polling 18% and losing about half its support. — Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 7 Sep. 2026 The party's anti-establishment appeal is no longer confined to eastern Germany; at the federal level, the party is also polling first. — Esme Nicholson, NPR, 6 Sep. 2026 That was far ahead of Merz’s Christian Democratic Union which was seen polling 18% and losing about half its support. — Geir Moulson, Fortune, 6 Sep. 2026 All other mainstream parties in Saxony-Anhalt are polling at 54% combined, according to Infratest dimap. — Sebastian Shukla, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2026 Since the start of training camp, The Athletic has been polling general managers, high-ranking executives, head coaches, coordinators and other coaches for our fifth annual survey about the upcoming season. — Jeff Howe, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026 The good news for Democrats is that most people don’t actually know Piker; polling from earlier this year showed that 60 percent of likely voters have never heard of him. — Elaine Godfrey, The Atlantic, 3 Sep. 2026 Sununu is polling far ahead of Brown, averaging a 33-percentage-point lead, according to RealClearPolitics‘ poll aggregation. — Naomi Lim, The Washington Examiner, 27 Aug. 2026 And the people — the candidates that are polling the best right now are offering an alternative vision, and are speaking to the economic concerns of the voters. — NBC news, 23 Aug. 2026

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Does the ingredient list look promising, based on our collective decades spent interviewing chemists about the difference between capable ingredients and frivolous ones?

— Elizabeth Siegel, Allure, 17 Sep. 2026
The Times examined the county’s restraining order process, compiling data from hundreds of thousands of cases, and interviewing dozens of domestic abuse and harassment victims, attorneys and victim service providers.

— Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of interviewing

Verb

Current standalone pricing for LPCAMM2 modules on Framework's website is $800 for the 32GB kit and $1,600 for the 64GB kit, so even shaving $50 off that would be welcome.

— Jon Martindale, PC Magazine, 9 Sep. 2026
This is the approach taken by Verdantas, whose results now include shaving cycle time from between 10 and 14 days to hours.

— Chris Stegh, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of shaving

Verb

On a September 2026 episode of Not Just Football With Cam Heyward, Rodgers offered a small nugget about how the wedding went down before cutting himself off.

— Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Sep. 2026
The victim told police a handful of men had gotten together drinking and smoking while a tree cutting crew was in the neighborhood after recent storms, records state.

— Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of cutting

Verb

Brands, including sports leagues, understand that content clipping is both a marketing strategy and a way to engage with new and established audiences.

— Felipe Cardenas, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
Murphy is engaging enough to keep things clipping right along (and Emma is a heroine very easy to root for), but things are at their very best when Emma and Luke are giving into their big feelings.

— Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 13 Sep. 2026

Definition of clipping

Verb

Landlords Even before legislation banning institutional investors from purchasing more single-family homes became law, the eight largest Wall Street landlords were trimming their portfolios.

— Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2026
The changes include cutting small teams consisting of one to two reports by nearly half and trimming employees seven steps away from the CEO by 20%.

— Samantha Subin, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of trimming

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