as in interviewers
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 pollsters
The Tigers would head to the Sugar Bowl by way of conference tie-ins, and while another top-10 victory over Virginia Tech in New Orleans would sway several other pollsters to rank Auburn as the top team in the land, the big ones that counted awarded the Trojans with the crystal football instead.
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Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 6 June 2026
Lee enters his second year Thursday with approval ratings around 60%, according to South Korea's major pollsters.
—Joohee Cho, ABC News, 4 June 2026
Unaided awareness –the tracking category where pollsters cite awareness of a movie without being prompted — is pretty even among men and women under and over 25.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 4 June 2026
Not all class war Working-class voters have been telling pollsters for 60 years that the political system doesn’t hear them.
—Nicholas Jacobs, The Conversation, 2 June 2026
Hard-right candidate Abelardo de la Espriella emerged as the unlikely vote leader on Sunday, gaining some 44% of votes and beating the pollsters’ favorite, leftist Senator Ivan Cepeda, who received just under 41% of votes.
—Alfie Pannell, Miami Herald, 31 May 2026
Recent polling suggests that, ahead of Tuesday’s primary, incumbent Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has what pollsters deem a statistically insignificant lead in her bid for reelection as the city’s top executive.
—Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2026
These dour trends align with what economically skittish Americans told pollsters who create the Conference Board’s consumer confidence index.
—Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 18 May 2026
Reputable pollsters follow industry standards for transparency, and that means voluntarily disclosing populations of respondents, sample sizes, and other key details.
—Will Johnson, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 6 June 2026
Lee enters his second year Thursday with approval ratings around 60%, according to South Korea's major pollsters.
—Joohee Cho, ABC News, 4 June 2026
Unaided awareness –the tracking category where pollsters cite awareness of a movie without being prompted — is pretty even among men and women under and over 25.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 4 June 2026
Not all class war Working-class voters have been telling pollsters for 60 years that the political system doesn’t hear them.
—Nicholas Jacobs, The Conversation, 2 June 2026
Hard-right candidate Abelardo de la Espriella emerged as the unlikely vote leader on Sunday, gaining some 44% of votes and beating the pollsters’ favorite, leftist Senator Ivan Cepeda, who received just under 41% of votes.
—Alfie Pannell, Miami Herald, 31 May 2026
Recent polling suggests that, ahead of Tuesday’s primary, incumbent Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has what pollsters deem a statistically insignificant lead in her bid for reelection as the city’s top executive.
—Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2026
These dour trends align with what economically skittish Americans told pollsters who create the Conference Board’s consumer confidence index.
—Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 18 May 2026
Reputable pollsters follow industry standards for transparency, and that means voluntarily disclosing populations of respondents, sample sizes, and other key details.
—Will Johnson, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pollsters
interviewers
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Don’t Turn It Into an Interrogation One of the biggest mistakes interviewers make is treating conversations like a checklist.—
King Holder,
Rolling Stone,
4 June 2026
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Watch how interviewers talk about their boss, peers and mistakes.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
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“Pollsters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pollsters. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.
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