canvasser

Example Sentences

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She’s paired up with a first-time canvasser, Michael, a twentysomething from Queens who declined to give his last name.

From Slate • Oct. 27, 2025

The Salvadoran immigrant said he previously worked as a canvasser for the City Council campaigns of De León and Herb Wesson, and volunteered on others.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2024

Since leaving prison in 2020, he has worked as a canvasser on several political campaigns.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 1, 2023

It was unclear whether Mr. Paiz could see the boy through the door, or whether the boy had identified himself as a canvasser with the Warnock campaign before the shot was fired.

From New York Times • Dec. 2, 2022

Accordingly during the next two years Francis served indifferently for brief periods as a clerk in the shop of a maker of surgical instruments and as a canvasser of an encyclopedia.

From The Hound of Heaven by Thompson, Francis