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survey

[ser-vey, sur-vey, ser-vey] / sərˈveɪ, ˈsɜr veɪ, sərˈveɪ /




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They may argue that a reference guide or a workplace survey doesn’t decide cases.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 16, 2026

In July, 37% of builders cut prices to boost home sales, according to a survey by the National Association of Home Builders.

From MarketWatch Jul. 16, 2026

On Friday, new housing starts data for June is due, along with the University of Michigan’s preliminary survey of consumer sentiment for July.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 16, 2026

But US think tank Asia Society's yearly Global Public Opinion on China, external survey suggested that China's image, which dipped during the pandemic, had only made a modest recovery since.

From BBC Jul. 15, 2026

A journalist did a survey: most people there had never seen the Mona Lisa before.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day

Their work has included underwater camera surveys, drone monitoring, analysing egg cases, and research with local anglers.

From BBC Jul. 11, 2026

In 2024, Michigan moved to conducting its surveys via the web, rather than via cellphone—a response to the ongoing problem surveyors face in reaching people by phone.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

Ashirwad added that broader field surveys could uncover even more variations within the species.

From Science Daily Jul. 9, 2026

Short of lawsuits, employers may fear blowback from their workers, who surveys show are content with traditional investment options.

From Salon Jul. 9, 2026

I’ve been a sucker for surveys my whole life.

From "Thirteen Reasons Why" by Jay Asher

Of the people surveyed, 46% had never heard it.

From MarketWatch Jul. 16, 2026

Researchers also found that favourable views of China had increased in more than a third of the countries surveyed in recent years, based on an expanded dataset including the US.

From BBC Jul. 15, 2026

Conversely, analysts surveyed by FactSet have more than doubled their forecasts of 2026 Wegovy pill sales to $2.2 billion.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

Analysts had anticipated a larger 3.8 percent CPI uptick, according to economists surveyed by Dow Jones Newswires and The Wall Street Journal.

From Barron's Jul. 14, 2026

“Dat Spitz fight lak hell,” said Perrault, as he surveyed the gaping rips and cuts.

From "The Call of the Wild" by Jack London

This image is part of a Hubble Treasury program that is surveying approximately half of the Milky Way's known globular clusters.

From Science Daily Jul. 5, 2026

"When I opened it in the seventies, I was still a young man... now nothing is left," he said, leaning heavily on a walking stick and surveying the vast destruction.

From Barron's Jun. 15, 2026

However security is handled, there will be no ICE officers surveying the crowd with facial-recognition software and abducting people for unstated reasons.

From Salon Jun. 11, 2026

"There's something interesting about seeing it this morning," says Sufiyaan Salam, surveying the sleepy street.

From BBC May 22, 2026

With a flap of his flippers he jumped from the tub to the washstand, and stood there for a minute surveying the floor.

From "Mr. Popper's Penguins" by Florence Atwater and Richard Atwater




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