polling
Americannoun
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the act or process of conducting a poll, such as an opinion survey; the industry of conducting polls.
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the act or process of casting or recording votes in an election.
adjective
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the casting or registering of votes at an election
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( as modifier )
polling day
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the conducting of a public opinion poll
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computing the automatic interrogation of terminals by a central controlling machine to determine if they are ready to receive or transmit messages
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An avowed Democratic Socialist leads in the polling for district mayor.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 14, 2026
Around 12% of U.S. adults have used those drugs for weight loss, polling has shown.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026
In two months, he went from polling at 5% in a March IGS poll to 25% in a late May poll and finishing first in the unofficial primary vote count.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
Recent polling found that most primary voters planned to rank multiple candidates in the crowded governor’s race.
From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026
We seem to do this by general agreement, without voting or even polling.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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