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canvasses

  • plural
    of canvass.
    canvass
    verb (used with object)
    to solicit votes, subscriptions, opinions, or the like from.
  • present tense form
    of canvass (3rd person singular).
    canvass
    verb (used with object)
    to solicit votes, subscriptions, opinions, or the like from.

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Claude Monet, Vincent van Gogh, and Pablo Picasso all brushed their canvasses with it.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 29, 2024

Instead, he gave it blank canvasses and then told dr.dk:

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2023

“I’m thrilled that the library has chosen to bring back the bookmobile,” said Consuelo Soto Murphy, an artist and Sunnyside native who designed the three canvasses that adorn the sides and back of the vehicle.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 16, 2023

As mayor, Balen canvasses large swaths of the city every day to assess the status of his engineering projects.

From New York Times ● May 12, 2023

Wherever it has been put into force, women have been a strong factor, giving their own signatures in its favor and in many instances making house to house canvasses to obtain signers.

From The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV by Ida Husted Harper