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public opinion poll

[puhb-lik-uh-pin-yuhn] / ˈpʌb lɪk əˈpɪn yən /
NOUN
questionnaire
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Their parents have routinely complained to the superintendent, who recently conducted a public-opinion poll to gauge interest in a switch.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

A public-opinion poll released last week found that more than half of Hong Kongers surveyed strongly supported the U.S. bill and fewer than a quarter strongly opposed it.

From Washington Post • Nov. 21, 2019

Monti’s popularity fell four percentage points to 58 percent after presenting the measures, according to a public-opinion poll published yesterday by IPR marketing.

From BusinessWeek • Dec. 14, 2011

A public-opinion poll of the Sunday Pictorial soon showed 64% of its readers in favor of the marriage.

From Time Magazine Archive

The pulse of democracy; the public-opinion poll & how it works.

From U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1967 July - December by Library of Congress. Copyright Office