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pollsters

noun

plural of pollster

as in interviewers

a person who goes around and approaches people with a request for opinions or information he wouldn't tell the exit pollster whom he'd voted for

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Recent Examples of pollsters The episode comes as Netanyahu faces a difficult reelection campaign, with roughly 20% of voters remaining undecided, many of whom are disillusioned Likud voters, according to pollsters and researchers cited by Reuters. — Deborah Danan, Sun Sentinel, 25 Aug. 2026 Elections would split Ukraine, Zelenskyy says Zelenskyy’s approval rating has remained generally stable at about ‌60%, ⁠but pollsters have said that while Ukrainians want fresh faces in politics, many have little appetite for voting now. — Reuters, NBC news, 23 Aug. 2026 The preseason pollsters like Big Ten foes Ohio State and Oregon better. — Joe Rexrode, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026 Median Strategies, one of the pollsters showing a large lead for Hong, admitted to fabricating polls for multiple elections. — David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 19 Aug. 2026 Higher-quality polls rely on expensive methodologies, such as randomized sampling, so many pollsters opt for cheaper solutions. — ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026 While even legitimate pollsters can get election results wrong — a poll represents public opinion at the time it was taken, and that can change — experts say there are a few key things to look out for when vetting the quality of a survey. — Ben Wieder, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2026 But other metrics, such as regular weekly church attendance, analyzed by other pollsters don’t show this same uptick. — Chantelle Lee, Time, 14 Aug. 2026 At past receptions for the center a student jazz combo provided music for the pack of pollsters, and Krosnick suggested upping the entertainment game with a band of veteran jazz artists. — Andrew Gilbert, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2026

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interviewers

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Patterns that appear across multiple interviewers and reference conversations are far more reliable signals.

— Harvard Business Review, Harvard Business Review, 24 Aug. 2026
Other Albanians had warned me—the interviewers ask you where things are, which city, which river.

— Ledio Cakaj, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2026

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