How to Use canvass in a Sentence

canvass

1 of 2 verb
  • We go to every house to canvass voters.
  • The group has been canvassing neighborhoods to ask people to vote for him.
  • She is canvassing for one of the presidential candidates this year.
  • The company canvassed several sites for a new factory.
  • A team of volunteers is canvassing the city for the Republican Party.
  • The city plans to canvass the results from all six runoff races on Monday.
    Everton Bailey Jr., Dallas News, 8 June 2021
  • Herron canvassed Titus’ home twice, both times in the rain.
    Indystar Staff, The Indianapolis Star, 2 May 2023
  • The initial push to canvass the neighborhood has wrapped up.
    Ryan Gillespie, Orlando Sentinel, 6 Apr. 2023
  • Officers canvassed the 2000 block of Tupelo Way and found the scene of the shooting.
    George Avalos, The Mercury News, 24 Feb. 2024
  • In the run-up to the 2020 elections, when he was laid off from his job because of pandemic shutdowns, the union paid him to canvass door-to-door.
    Brett Anderson, New York Times, 31 Oct. 2022
  • The Board of Supervisors is set to canvass votes by the end of the week, according to a county spokesperson.
    Jen Fifield, The Arizona Republic, 17 Nov. 2020
  • The board is expected to canvass the votes and make the results official next week.
    Andres Picon, ExpressNews.com, 12 Dec. 2020
  • State rules require counties to canvass results and turn them over to the state by November 17.
    CBS News, 5 Nov. 2020
  • Once all the votes are counted, counties across the state will canvass them, or officially report the results to the state.
    Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 2 Aug. 2022
  • On the spur of the moment, someone suggested instead that the Fish wrestle Ratliff, who was there in a suit and tie to canvass for voters.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 27 Oct. 2021
  • The group used these findings to figure out which houses to canvass for more data, Wheeler said.
    Slone Terranella, Detroit Free Press, 20 Mar. 2021
  • The counties had a Nov. 28 deadline to canvass their votes and send them to the Secretary of State's Office in time to prepare for this exercise.
    Mary Jo Pitzl, The Arizona Republic, 4 Dec. 2022
  • The school board is expected to meet June 29 to canvass the election results, the district said in an announcement.
    Dallas News, 20 June 2022
  • In canvassing Catholics around world — a two-year process beginning in 2021 that led to this month’s meeting — the role of women emerged as a pressing issue.
    Elisabetta Povoledo, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2023
  • At least 25% of the burn area has been canvassed by search and rescue teams with cadaver dogs, Maui officials said Monday.
    Faris Tanyos, CBS News, 15 Aug. 2023
  • In the hours that followed, homicide detectives would canvass the area for any tiny amount of evidence.
    Alex Stone, ABC News, 29 July 2021
  • According to the data, this is the ideal time to canvass—early evening, inclement weather.
    Saïd Sayrafiezadeh, The New Yorker, 12 June 2023
  • Detectives will canvass the area to see if neighbors heard or saw anything.
    Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 7 July 2023
  • An officer canvassed the area for cameras but did not find any, police wrote.
    Lilly Price, Baltimore Sun, 9 May 2023
  • The failure to certify the results means that Wayne County must turn the processes over to the state board, which will have 10 days to canvass and certify the results.
    Zachary Halaschak, Washington Examiner, 17 Nov. 2020
  • The official results will not be canvassed until March 22.
    Taylor Seely, The Arizona Republic, 14 Mar. 2023
  • She got married during the campaign, took a two-day honeymoon, then got back to canvassing.
    Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2023
  • G&J Treats started in 2019 as an ice cream truck that used to canvass San Antonio neighborhoods.
    Chuck Blount, San Antonio Express-News, 12 Nov. 2021
  • An afternoon session focused on tips for canvassing in their neighborhoods and at their schools.
    Deborah Barfield Berry, USA TODAY, 2 Feb. 2024
  • Detectives and crime scene investigators processed the area for evidence and canvassed for witnesses.
    Andrea Klick, Kansas City Star, 12 Feb. 2024
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canvass

2 of 2 noun
  • The rest of the kids went back to their cities and states to lobby, canvass, plead and protest.
    Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 13 June 2022
  • The group led a canvass over the weekend in an effort to find him.
    Bill Lukitsch, Kansas City Star, 24 Feb. 2024
  • The county canvass added 28 votes for Biden and 11 votes for Trump.
    Patrick Marley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 18 Nov. 2020
  • That election was May 6 and the final canvass was May 17.
    Everton Bailey Jr., Dallas News, 20 June 2023
  • Kelly also launched a get-out-the-vote canvass in the morning.
    The Arizona Republic, 7 Nov. 2022
  • In April, O'Rourke drove 600 miles to Laredo to knock on doors and canvass for new voters.
    Paul J. Weber and Will Weissert, USA TODAY, 25 May 2021
  • The initial canvass of the race found Miller-Meeks defeated Hart by 47 votes.
    Kathryn Watson, Adam Brewster, CBS News, 1 Apr. 2021
  • Require board approval for the clerk to hire any associate who would help with the canvass.
    Dave Boucher, Detroit Free Press, 25 Mar. 2021
  • Less than 400 mail-in ballots will be counted in the board’s final canvass Friday, Berry stated in the email.
    Thomas Goodwin Smith, Baltimore Sun, 16 Nov. 2022
  • The vote to switch to a canvass, or firehouse primary, failed on a 34-36 vote with five abstentions.
    Matthew Barakat, Star Tribune, 24 Feb. 2021
  • The canvass of mail-in ballots began statewide Thursday.
    Jeff Barker, Baltimore Sun, 25 July 2022
  • The state board will meet Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. to provide an update on the canvass of the general election.
    Clara Hendrickson, Detroit Free Press, 18 Nov. 2020
  • Hawley expected the canvass to be finished by Nov. 18, four days ahead of the Nov. 22 deadline.
    Alison Dirr, Journal Sentinel, 8 Nov. 2022
  • Counties have 30 days after the election to complete the official canvass, per The New York Times.
    Mckenzie Sadeghi, USA TODAY, 21 Sep. 2021
  • Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, the governor-elect, presided over the canvass.
    Libby Cathey, ABC News, 5 Dec. 2022
  • The project included a door-to-door canvass of the county’s voters, led by familiar figures from the Stop the Steal circuit.
    New York Times, 19 July 2022
  • The count must happen with enough time for the county to meet its deadline to submit election results for the statewide canvass, which happens on Dec. 5.
    Mary Jo Pitzl, The Arizona Republic, 26 Oct. 2022
  • State law does not allow the canvass of mail-in ballots to begin until Thursday.
    Emily Opilo, Baltimore Sun, 20 July 2022
  • The statewide canvass of results is set for Dec. 5 in Arizona, leaving Lake a small window of time to bring any legal challenges.
    Libby Cathey, ABC News, 18 Nov. 2022
  • There is an effort already underway to conduct an in-person canvass of the 2020 vote in Utah.
    Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune, 1 Nov. 2021
  • The losing candidate must file a request for a recount within seven days of the vote canvass.
    Jacob Scholl, The Salt Lake Tribune, 7 July 2022
  • The canvass of mail-in ballots got underway across Maryland Thursday, the first day of what could be a lengthy process to decide key races both local and statewide.
    Emily Opilo, Baltimore Sun, 21 July 2022
  • Warnock, at an Election Day canvass lunch in Norcross, urged supporters not to get deterred by rainy weather and to keep going to the polls.
    Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 6 Dec. 2022
  • Due to the number of mail-in ballots that may not have yet been counted, results for the April 6 election may change before the official canvass on April 27.
    Steve Schering, chicagotribune.com, 7 Apr. 2021
  • During a canvass of the area, it was learned that another home also had been burglarized.
    Cheryl Higley, cleveland, 29 Oct. 2021
  • The signing of the canvass statement on Monday confirmed that Biden receives the state’s 10 Electoral College votes from those electors.
    Scott Bauer, Anchorage Daily News, 1 Dec. 2020
  • The new data shows how the ethnic, racial and voting-age makeup of neighborhoods shifted over the past decade, based on the national house-to-house canvass last year.
    Author: Tara Bahrampour, Ted Mellnik, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Aug. 2021
  • In a special session, City Council approved a canvass of the votes that showed record voter turnout and strong support for a trio of propositions.
    Diego Mendoza-Moyers, ExpressNews.com, 16 Nov. 2020
  • Work began as the sun rose Tuesday morning, with a backhoe ripping down the existing stage made of metal and canvass canopy.
    Ryan Gillespie, Orlando Sentinel, 14 June 2022
  • Candidates spent the run-up to Election Day hosting last-minute get-out-the-vote rallies and canvasses, and some were door-knocking even in the waning hours of voting Tuesday.
    CBS News, 7 Nov. 2023

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