as in interviewer
a person who goes around and approaches people with a request for opinions or information
data gathered by nationwide pollers showed the Republicans in the lead
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Recent Examples of poller
Not that those numbers showed any sign of discouraging any of the single-digit candidates, with two low-pollers, Betty Yee and Xavier Becerra, launching new ad campaigns this week.
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Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 24 Mar. 2026
The pandemic appears to have accelerated the trend of people ignoring pollers’ calls.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2025
Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 24 Mar. 2026
The pandemic appears to have accelerated the trend of people ignoring pollers’ calls.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for poller
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
Noun
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One of the nine important roles during your career cycle is being an inquirer.—
Rodney C. Adkins,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Since Cohn had signed the letter asking for retraction, the lead inquirer did not report to him.—
Ben Taub,
New Yorker,
26 Jan. 2026
Noun
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His podcast with son, managing partner, and pollster Jeremy Zogby, can be heard here.—
Rob Crilly,
The Washington Examiner,
15 May 2026
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While incumbent governments often struggle in mid-term elections, pollsters forecast that Labour could lose the most council seats since Conservative former Prime Minister John Major lost more than 2,000 in 1995, when his government was mired in endless corruption scandals.—
Andrew MacAskill,
USA Today,
8 May 2026
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“Poller.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poller. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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