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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The interviewer is an unnamed writer in early middle age, the usual Lerner proxy.—
Giles Harvey,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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But the interviewer didn’t stop there.—
Rowan Fisher-Shotton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Mar. 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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Yet none of them have made gains since the winter, leading pollsters sympathetic to Democrats to warn last month that there was a 20% chance that voters would see a Hilton-Bianco race come fall.—
U T Editorial Board,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 Apr. 2026
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Potentially losing support from a large chunk of voters within the city of Los Angeles, who many say are more likely to vote for tax increases then voters in the county as a whole, could portend a negative outcome for the measure, pollsters and others pundits say.—
Steve Scauzillo,
Daily News,
3 Apr. 2026
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“Poller.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poller. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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