as in interviewer
a person who goes around and approaches people with a request for opinions or information
he wouldn't tell the exit pollster whom he'd voted for
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Recent Examples of pollster
About one-in-five people say crime is a major problem in small towns or rural areas, or in their own community, pollsters said of the data.
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Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2025
The pollsters conducted their survey online in English and Spanish from August 11 to August 17, after Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis dropped out of the governor’s race to run for state treasurer.
—Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 27 Aug. 2025
Still, the pollsters say the belief that unemployment is a very or somewhat serious problem has changed little in the past year.
—Karlyn Bowman, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
There are other advantages as well — writing survey questions is its own art form, requiring pollsters to carefully parse language that may or may not mean the same thing to every respondent.
—Gina Chua, semafor.com, 22 Aug. 2025
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Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2025
The pollsters conducted their survey online in English and Spanish from August 11 to August 17, after Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis dropped out of the governor’s race to run for state treasurer.
—Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 27 Aug. 2025
Still, the pollsters say the belief that unemployment is a very or somewhat serious problem has changed little in the past year.
—Karlyn Bowman, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
There are other advantages as well — writing survey questions is its own art form, requiring pollsters to carefully parse language that may or may not mean the same thing to every respondent.
—Gina Chua, semafor.com, 22 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pollster
interviewer
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Every interviewer, from recruiter to board member, has a different lens on the decision.—
Gina Riley,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Because a sure way to avoid getting one is to correct the interviewers.—
Judith Martin,
Mercury News,
1 Sep. 2025
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“Pollster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pollster. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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