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poll

[pohl] / poʊl /
NOUN
census; tally of answers to questions of opinion
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But an Economist/YouGov poll conducted in recent days found that support diminishing.

From Slate Jul. 23, 2026

That first "straw poll" will be followed by an unspecified number of similar votes until one candidate can secure the required nine votes without a veto from any of the five permanent members.

From Barron's Jul. 23, 2026

If the Open winner was picked by a poll of the Birkdale crowd, Fleetwood would have been crowned champion by a landslide.

From BBC Jul. 19, 2026

A July 15 poll by the national broadcaster Channel 13 for the first time showed the opposition bloc potentially winning enough seats to form a government.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 18, 2026

During the Jim Crow era, African Americans were denied the right to vote through poll taxes, literacy tests, grandfather clauses, and felon disenfranchisement laws, even though the Fifteenth Amendment to the U.S.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

This includes assisting patients with mail-in ballots and making sure they have transportation to the polls or ballot drop-boxes.

From Salon Jul. 23, 2026

Some polls have sought to measure public opinion of the SpaceX founder, with one YouGov tracker monitoring his favourability in the US, external and UK on a quarterly basis.

From BBC Jul. 23, 2026

Colombians went to the polls feeling better about their pocketbooks.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 19, 2026

Trovoada, now head of the ADI and vying to regain the prime minister post in legislative polls this September, has thrown his support behind Vila Nova's rival Viegas D'Abreu.

From Barron's Jul. 19, 2026

But by the spring of 1967, he was doing poorly in the polls.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson

Analysts polled by FactSet were expecting $4.83 a share.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

Since the screen was based on estimates, we cut the list further to 67 covered by at least five brokerage or research firms polled by FactSet.

From MarketWatch Jul. 23, 2026

Adjusted earnings per share were 78 cents, compared with estimates of 74 cents a share according to analysts polled by FactSet.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

We screened for projected compound annual growth rates for revenue from calendar 2026 through 2028, using consensus estimates among analysts polled by FactSet.

From MarketWatch Jul. 23, 2026

In the end, I polled 7,199 votes and lost to the daughter of the queen.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

Voters in the Atlantic archipelago of Sao Tome and Principe, regarded as a model of democracy in Africa, will head to polling stations on Sunday for the presidential election.

From Barron's Jul. 19, 2026

Meanwhile, polling since the third candidate, Mallory McMorrow, dropped out suggests that Stevens has been the larger beneficiary of her support.

From Slate Jul. 18, 2026

Ivan Moore, who does nonpartisan polling in Alaska, said that system virtually ensures Sullivan and Sullivan will face off against each other in a runoff that includes Peltola.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 12, 2026

It could be, in that scenario, that people there have had enough of ballot boxes and polling stations.

From BBC Jul. 7, 2026

According to the Independent Electoral Commission, there would be ten thousand polling stations around the country.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela




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