Canvass means: To thoroughly examine or investigate (something) physically or by discussion; to debate, to gather opinion, to scrutinize. Related words include canvas or poll. Below you'll find 20 example sentences showing how to use Canvass in practice.
Canvass in a sentence
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Canvass meaning
- To thoroughly examine or investigate (something) physically or by discussion; to debate, to gather opinion, to scrutinize.
- To scrutinize (the ballot in an election or the votes cast) and reject irregular votes; also, to challenge or dispute (an election result).
- To seek or solicit donations, information, opinions, support, etc. from (people or a place)
Example sentences (20)
The canvass is scheduled to occur Nov. 26 at the Statehouse in Boise, said Idaho Secretary of State Phil McGrane.
In the same vein, nobody should canvass for the presidency in 2023 simply on the basis of where he or she comes from.
Our behavior and relationships with others and with society become the canvass on which our own lives will be painted.
But now Maynard Smith needs to canvass unnamed colleagues to find out that my ideas are "hardly worth bothering with".
Adityanath’s next public meeting would be at Yellareddy where he will canvass in support of Banala Laxma Reddy.
The agents canvass the globe and infiltrate a remote island to confirm an inexplicable space station belongs to - Egypt?
Saraki said this in Makurdi when he met with members of the Benue State PDP Working Committee to canvass for their support.
They pledged to mobilise and canvass support for him during the governorship election next week Saturday.
The march would be used to canvass for votes for opposition political parties in the forthcoming governorship race in the state.
But Johnson has drafted hundreds of union members to canvass for him, and his pastor’s-son energy makes him a natural campaigner.
He said whoever wants to contest must work hard as he will not condone anyone using the name of his office to canvass for support.
Now in it's fourth year, more than 10,000 volunteers plan to canvass neighborhoods to place hundreds of thousands of door hangers.
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has urged traditional rulers in the country to canvass for peace ahead of the 2019 general elections.
Steven Bradford, former California state senator, joins an effort Tuesday to canvass the neighborhood where Jahnay Bryan was last seen.
The city will post another updated count next Friday before the Canvass Review Board meets Oct. 14 and 15 to certify the final results.
At least all aspirants should be part of such a process and freely canvass their preferences.
She addressed dozens of Sanders volunteers at one of his field offices inside a stirp mall, before heading out to canvass in Cedar Rapids.
Some candidates in other municipal races did pick up more votes as a result of the canvass, but the results from Nov. 5 remained the same.
Temple Democrats canvass voters at the TSG Town Hall in the Howard Gittis Student Center.
Johnson says county commissions have to have their election canvass completed by Monday.
Common combinations with canvass
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to canvass 24×
- canvass for 19×
- the canvass 9×
- canvass in 4×
- canvass is 3×
- canvass an 2×
- will canvass 2×
- canvass board 2×
- canvass of 2×
- canvass kickoff 2×
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About these examples
The 20 examples on this page contain the complete word canvass. Duplicate, incomplete, unusually short and technically noisy sentences are removed automatically. The definition is sourced from Wiktionary. Read more about our sources and checks on the About Voorbeeldzinnen.info page or see how to report a correction.