Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of topping, lopping, or cropping, as trees or hedges.
- noun obsolete Plunder, or extortion.
- noun The act of voting, or of registering a vote.
- noun a temporary structure where the voting at an election is done; a polling place.
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- verb Present participle of
poll . - noun the action of taking a poll
- noun computing A
technique thatcontinually interrogates aperipheral device to see if it hasdata totransfer
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Examples
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ALL of the plus McCain polling is from a month and a half ago.
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ALL of the plus McCain polling is from a month and a half ago.
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A lot of this polling is a meant to be a distraction of what the President is trying to do.
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Great news for the general election, if this polling is accurate!
Poll: Obama gaining support with key Clinton demographics 2008
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I still think that side of the polling is a misnomer given the nature of the different regions and specific spots of Scotland.
The latest poll Jeff 2007
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One reason Portman is only at +5 is what I call polling noise.
The Hedgehog Report 2010
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The fact that it’s such a tight race between whether or not socialized medicine “would be better” (which, by the way, in polling is not the same as saying “would prefer”) is indicative of this. lobstakilla Says:
Matthew Yglesias » NYT/CBS Poll Shows People Love Socialized Medicine 2009
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I'd say the Tea Party polling is pretty impressive given the mainstream media's daily assaults and intentional mischaracterizations of its motives and its supporters.
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To Sandra Day: No one cares about your 82 year grandfather, he probably is as smart as you are. 'majority' in polling means greater than 50%, so if 47% approve and 44% dissaprove, that remaining 9% that cant make up their mind still count, so the 'majority' of those polled (that means all of them include that indecisive 9%) dont agree.
CNN Poll: President's approval on health care under 50 percent 2009
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First, look at how polling is conducted in this country.
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