variants
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
So canvassers in the city have long followed the same rules that govern the pizza delivery guy and Amazon drivers — get in, do your job, and leave.
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Clio Chang, Curbed, 23 Oct. 2025
The canvassers themselves were also becoming a weapon.
—Mark Chiusano, Time, 14 Aug. 2025
Clio Chang, Curbed, 23 Oct. 2025
The canvassers themselves were also becoming a weapon.
—Mark Chiusano, Time, 14 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for canvasser
Noun
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The interviewer then noted that Kirson later apologized and donated her profits from the festival to an unspecified human rights organization, and that the festival required comedians not to criticize the Saudi government.—
James Factora,
Them.,
28 Oct. 2025
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The interviewer then would give us the address for another location, a training center where we were supposed to take classes in how to talk persuasively over the phone.—
Snigdha Poonam,
The Dial,
28 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Bondi arrived armed with personal attacks against individual Democratic senators and lobbed them at her questioners when pressed on a range of topics.—
Sarah Fortinsky,
The Hill,
8 Oct. 2025
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The bullet passed near his team members and the questioner standing directly in front of him.—
Amanda Castro
Hannah Parry
Joshua Rhett Miller,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The pollster's surveys since early April have placed the president's approval numbers between 40% and 44%.—
Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
22 Oct. 2025
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In a survey released in September by the pollster, Jones led Miyares with 47 percent of the vote compared to 41 percent.—
Anna Commander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Canvasser.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/canvasser. Accessed 1 Nov. 2025.
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