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canvass

verb ambire, analyze, ask, ask earnestly, audit, bring in question, carry on an inquiry, conduct an innuiry, count, delve into, dig into, discuss, dissect, examine, examine searchingly, explore, follow up an inquiry, hold an inquiry, inquire, inquire into, inspect, institute an inquiry, investigate, look about for, look into, make a survey, poll, preexamine, probe, pursue an inquiry, question, report, request, research, review, scan, scrutinize, search, set up an inquiry, study, subject to examination, survey, take up an inquiry, throw open to inquiry
Associated concepts: canvass a jury, canvass the members of a class

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Perhaps even more critical, a neighborhood canvass can reveal if a reported abduction never occurred at all.

The neighborhood canvass and child abduction investigations

As with the mail-canvass, the door-to-door canvass admittedly is not a perfect system," Gough wrote.

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The cab consists of steel frame work and a canvass cover, which goes over the frame and snaps on tight.

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McIntosh's canvass is designed to aid his legislation, HR 3521, The Congressional Accountability for Regulatory Information Act of 2000.

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By law, local authorities are required to carry out an annual canvass once a year to ensure the electoral registers are accurate and up to date.

United Kingdom : Minister launches electoral canvass pilot in bid to save up to 20 million

Marcos argued that 13 days before the Election Day, Comelec issued a resolution ordering the Board of Canvassers not to transmit the Certificate of Canvass until all SD cards from the vote-counting machines would have been uploaded or imported into their Consolidation and Canvassing System.

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Following the runoff election, the county has 10 days to canvass the results and the governor's office has 14.

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If they come back today (Friday) and canvass again at the same time I will feel very, very upset.

'NO PLACE FOR PARTY POLITICS' Plaid claims Labour was wrong to canvass outside mosque, but MP hits back at councillor for 'excusing ugly antics'

The canvass, run by the borough council's elections office, is to be launched on August 13.

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The district court had declared Stratton's ordinance constitutional, requiring the registration of all groups wishing to canvass or solicit its citizens.

Supreme Court revisits door-to-door canvassing issues

No matter what our individual motivations to canvass are, in the midst of group activist fervor money will often become the focus, the political event that we generate and nourish.