show of hands

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Then the judge will excuse any people who indicate by a show of hands that they can’t serve or can’t be fair and impartial, he wrote.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 11, 2024

In caucuses people gather at events, hold debates, and then vote on their preferred presidential candidate - sometimes by a show of hands.

From BBC • Feb. 5, 2024

In a show of hands, everyone in the class said they were more likely to vote because of what they had learned.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 24, 2023

Mr. Diaz-Balart at one point asked for a show of hands on who had actually seen the exhibit.

From Washington Times • Jul. 23, 2023

Levin, at one point, went into a seventh-grade music class with seventy kids in it and asked for a show of hands on when the students woke up.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell