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as in surveyed
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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as in shaved
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 polled
There’s no consistency in the people who are polled.
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Shawn Tully, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2024
Economists polled by Dow Jones expect that nonfarm payrolls will show growth of 150,000, up from 142,000 in August.
—Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2024
Only 39% of survey respondents polled by KFF in February of this year were aware that the ACA prohibits insurers from denying coverage to those with preexisting conditions, and only 31% knew that the ACA also prevents sick people from being charged higher premiums than healthy individuals.
—Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
Companies added 143,000 jobs for the month, an acceleration from the upwardly revised 103,000 in August and better than the 128,000 consensus forecast from economists polled by Dow Jones.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2024
The nonprofit in August polled 813 adults who have or had student loan debt.
—Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2024
And as much as 86% of workers with education debt said their degree wasn’t worth the toll that student loans has had, according to Bright Horizons’ fourth annual education index, which in May polled more than 2,000 adults who are employed either full- or part-time.
—Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2024
At the same time, only 24 percent of the people who were polled set their limit at $1,000 per night, meaning the number of high-earning travelers splashing out on extravagant vacations might be shrinking.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 1 Oct. 2024
Shawn Tully, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2024
Economists polled by Dow Jones expect that nonfarm payrolls will show growth of 150,000, up from 142,000 in August.
—Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2024
Only 39% of survey respondents polled by KFF in February of this year were aware that the ACA prohibits insurers from denying coverage to those with preexisting conditions, and only 31% knew that the ACA also prevents sick people from being charged higher premiums than healthy individuals.
—Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
Companies added 143,000 jobs for the month, an acceleration from the upwardly revised 103,000 in August and better than the 128,000 consensus forecast from economists polled by Dow Jones.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2024
The nonprofit in August polled 813 adults who have or had student loan debt.
—Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2024
And as much as 86% of workers with education debt said their degree wasn’t worth the toll that student loans has had, according to Bright Horizons’ fourth annual education index, which in May polled more than 2,000 adults who are employed either full- or part-time.
—Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2024
At the same time, only 24 percent of the people who were polled set their limit at $1,000 per night, meaning the number of high-earning travelers splashing out on extravagant vacations might be shrinking.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 1 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for polled
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For this research, 347 US supply chain leaders from different industries were surveyed.Steve Banker, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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Of the more than 17,000 US high school students surveyed in the fall of 2021, more than half of the girls reported persistent hopelessness—double that of the boys.Melissa Petro, TIME, 4 Oct. 2024
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Among the entries were a tractor, two dogs, and a vast, smiling frog, which had been tightly clipped out of boxwood.Sophie Elmhirst, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2024
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The tool also provides other benefits — if a video has been clipped or taken out of context, Know How can fetch the original full-length video in the state it was first published in.Jess Weatherbed, The Verge, 16 Oct. 2024
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Maintain Your Yard Keep your grass mowed and shrubs trimmed to reduce tick habitats.Jake Parks, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2024
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Last month, China’s central bank trimmed its reserve requirement ratio 50 basis points.Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2024
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With the extra attacker out, Fabian Zetterlund scored a power-play goal with 26 seconds left in regulation time to cut the Rangers lead to 3-2, but the Sharks could not find the equalizer.Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 14 Nov. 2024
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European countries, meanwhile, have some of the world’s strictest targets to cut emissions by 2030 — but have also secured new gas supplies following Russia’s 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine.Reuters, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
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“Polled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/polled. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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