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survey

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




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Roughly one in four school-age kids, or 25%, wear glasses or contacts, a proportion that increases as kids get older, according to 2019 federal survey data.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

Lee and his colleagues used data from the nationally representative National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, a long-running health survey of the United States population.

From Science Daily • Apr. 4, 2026

It’s worth noting from the KFF survey that, after using an AI tool, 42% of respondents said they didn’t follow up with a doctor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

Many Gen Xers are approaching retirement fearful they won’t have enough money and are reporting “pension envy,” according to a recent survey.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

As late as 1988 more than half of all American paleontologists contacted in a survey continued to believe that the extinction of the dinosaurs was in no way related to an asteroid or cometary impact.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson