POLLS Synonyms: 55 Similar and Opposite Words

polls 1 of 2

noun

plural of poll

as in heads

the upper or front part of the body that contains the brain, the major sense organs, and the mouth a jaunty cap was perched on his poll

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polls

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verb

present tense third-person singular of poll

as in interviews

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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reports

as in clips

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

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Noun

Marx, a religious nonprofit leader, has led Kirkmeyer for nearly a week after overtaking the veteran lawmaker the day after polls closed in the June 30 primary. — Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 7 July 2026 Over the years, several polls have been marred by voter intimidation, the snatching of ballot boxes, and post-election violence. — Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 6 July 2026 Some federal polls have the party ranked as the most popular in the country today. — Robert McGreevy, FOXNews.com, 4 July 2026 Recent polls find that 70 percent of Americans don’t want AI data centers built in their area and half of Americans are more concerned than excited about AI. — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 2 July 2026 Even amid the current political polarization, numerous polls continue to show that Americans broadly support protecting immigrants who came here as children, Murray said. — Lauren Villagran, Miami Herald, 2 July 2026 In 2025, polls showed Bennet, a three-term senator, leading the primary by as much has 31 percentage points. — Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 1 July 2026 But polls have shown that voters didn't share that love - making his legal loss a potential win politically, at least for Republicans running for re-election this fall. — Tamara Keith, NPR, 1 July 2026 Tight Senate race between Paxton and Talarico New polls show the Texas Senate race between Paxton and Talarico remains very tight with four months until the November midterm election. — CBS News, 30 June 2026

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The annual research project polls hundreds of podcast creators on their sentiment, pain points, and scoring for the major listening platforms. — Frank Racioppi, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026 In a Paxton-Talarico contest, Paxton polls well among the same demographic as Cornyn does. — Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 18 May 2026 The only other woman and the only Hispanic in the race, Yahoo News puts her at 12% overall, with 16% of Hispanics and 19% of 18-29 voters, groups with which Harris also polls well. — Keith Naughton, The Washington Examiner, 14 Mar. 2026 But Finns’ willingness to defend their country also polls far higher than in most other countries, especially in Europe. — Liam Denning, Bloomberg, 12 Mar. 2026 The report used data from the Illinois State Board of Education’s 5Essentials Survey, which polls students, families and teachers across the state on school climate. — Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 3 Feb. 2026 This semantic squishiness is a result of The Game Awards' outsourced voting process, which polls over 150 international media outlets (including NPR) to determine a list of nominees. — James Perkins Mastromarino, NPR, 12 Dec. 2025 Unlike the first movie, for which Phoenix, 51, won his first Academy Award, Folie à Deux saw disappointing box office results and received a D rating from CinemaScore, which polls moviegoers after seeing a movie to aggregate reactions. — Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 13 Nov. 2025 New York — One of the only things that polls worse than the Trump economy is the president’s almost unprecedented use of tariffs. — Matt Egan, CNN Money, 11 Nov. 2025

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Noun

Another practice involved staff stuffing insects, herbs and different scents into the leaves of lettuce heads, offering the adolescent skunks another challenge that would put their developing foraging skills to the test.

— Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2026
With the Lopes Cabral image, there are tons and tons of pieces of a man and woman embracing with their heads next to each other.

— T.M. Brown, CNN Money, 8 July 2026

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Bunnie Xo interviews a wide range of personalities, from country music artists like her husband to published authors and social media figures.

— Emily Weaver, PEOPLE, 16 June 2026
Deirdre O’Mahony interviews Irish farmers who’ve likewise watched their labor and craft ravaged by capitalism, but turns their woes into a memorable libretto set to striking aerial views of their fields.

— Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 12 June 2026

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An additional 29 canine skulls, hundreds of bones, and 91 microchips were recovered from the scene, Honsal said during the June 29 news conference.

— Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 30 June 2026
In the 1890s, Henry Flagler’s crews leveled a massive burial mound to build his Royal Palm hotel across the river, selling skulls as souvenirs and dumping the rest of the human remains into a sinkhole, never since found.

— Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 30 June 2026

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The company organizes thousands of AI agents into statistically representative populations—each agent assigned an age, an income, a zip code, a gender, among other things—and surveys them in place of human respondents.

— Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 17 June 2026
Sartori surveys the lagoon weekly by boat for signs of nesting, which would indicate a self-sustaining Venetian colony.

— ABC News, ABC News, 30 May 2026

Definition of surveys

Verb

Zillow says that a pale pink bathroom could lose you up to $6,013, while a pale pink kitchen shaves an extra $4,201 off potential buyers' offers.

— Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 June 2026
The decision to move elections to November shaves several months off the existing terms of the mayor, vice mayor and commissioners.

— Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 22 Apr. 2026

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Granola One of the original ‘health foods,’ granola contains many nutritious ingredients, such as oats, nuts, and seeds.

— Sarah Anzlovar, Verywell Health, 4 July 2026
California's Central Valley, stretching some 20,000 square miles (51,800 square kilometers), is an agricultural powerhouse that's estimated to produce 40% of the nation's fruits, nuts and other table foods, including most of its nectarines.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 July 2026

Definition of nuts

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