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also canvaser
as in interviewer
a person who goes around and approaches people with a request for opinions or information
worked as a canvasser for a public interest research group
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Recent Examples of canvasser
New Georgia Project canvasser Mardie Hill holds informational door hangers about the upcoming primary election on May 23, 2022, in East Point, Georgia.
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Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 20 May 2026
Phoenix resident Guillermo Sainz Gurrola was also fined $1,000 and will serve probation for three counts of solicitation of registration, which prosecutors described as offering financial incentives to canvassers who met quotas.
—ABC News, 27 Apr. 2026
The coin, which was flipped by a member of the board of canvassers, landed on tails.
—Lexi Lane, PEOPLE, 12 Apr. 2026
The studies didn’t test chatbots against more forceful types of persuasion, such as a pamphlet or a human canvasser, Jordan Boyd-Graber, an AI researcher at the University of Maryland who was not involved with the research, told me.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 4 Dec. 2025
Late-stage polling showed just a 2-point margin between Van Epps and Behn, indicating that her strategy of grassroots organizing and activating canvassers and volunteers in neighborhoods and counties typically unreached during congressional elections moved the needle.
—Jordan Green, Nashville Tennessean, 3 Dec. 2025
That canvasser signed the contract and is no longer working on behalf of the campaign, Von Glahn said.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 10 Nov. 2025
The central question was where the canvassers lived during the petition drive, Wood said.
—Arkansas Online, 3 Nov. 2025
As a canvasser, getting an address like this is a challenge.
—Clio Chang, Curbed, 23 Oct. 2025
Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 20 May 2026
Phoenix resident Guillermo Sainz Gurrola was also fined $1,000 and will serve probation for three counts of solicitation of registration, which prosecutors described as offering financial incentives to canvassers who met quotas.
—ABC News, 27 Apr. 2026
The coin, which was flipped by a member of the board of canvassers, landed on tails.
—Lexi Lane, PEOPLE, 12 Apr. 2026
The studies didn’t test chatbots against more forceful types of persuasion, such as a pamphlet or a human canvasser, Jordan Boyd-Graber, an AI researcher at the University of Maryland who was not involved with the research, told me.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 4 Dec. 2025
Late-stage polling showed just a 2-point margin between Van Epps and Behn, indicating that her strategy of grassroots organizing and activating canvassers and volunteers in neighborhoods and counties typically unreached during congressional elections moved the needle.
—Jordan Green, Nashville Tennessean, 3 Dec. 2025
That canvasser signed the contract and is no longer working on behalf of the campaign, Von Glahn said.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 10 Nov. 2025
The central question was where the canvassers lived during the petition drive, Wood said.
—Arkansas Online, 3 Nov. 2025
As a canvasser, getting an address like this is a challenge.
—Clio Chang, Curbed, 23 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for canvasser
interviewer
Noun
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Bilingual interviewers began the interview in English and were instructed to follow the lead of the respondent in determining whether to conduct the survey in English or Spanish.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
21 May 2026
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In a conversation, a human interviewer absorbs a variety of information from a participant – their words, tone, demeanor – and responds organically in a way that meets the moment.—
Ankolika De,
The Conversation,
19 May 2026
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“Canvasser.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/canvasser. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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