canvass
Example Sentences
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In the hour before the event began, I canvassed the happy-hour attendees for their attitudes.
Players planned to canvass their peers scattered across spring training camps, then meet again Wednesday, with the possibility of voting on a new executive director then.
From Los Angeles Times
She said roughly 20 members have canvassed the area, from downtown homeless encampments to a rocky wash near Guthrie’s home, searching for signs of the missing woman.
Several were summoned to see owner Marinakis after the Wolves draw, with opinions also canvassed following Friday's 3-1 defeat at fellow strugglers Leeds.
From BBC
Once officers canvassed the community with Pratt’s drawing, someone—the killer’s wife, as Pratt often recalled it—recognized the man and turned him in.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
