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Gallup

American  
[gal-uhp] / ˈgæl əp /

noun

  1. George Horace, 1901–84, U.S. statistician.

  2. a city in W New Mexico.


Gallup British  
/ ˈɡæləp /

noun

  1. George Horace. 1901–84, US statistician: devised the Gallup Poll; founded the American Institute of Public Opinion (1935) and its British counterpart (1936)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Forty-nine percent of US adults are in favor of the death penalty for convicted murderers and 45 percent are opposed, the Gallup poll found.

From Barron's ● Nov. 10, 2026

Gallup found that 56% of Gen Z adults call themselves independent, up from 47% of millennials in 2012 and 40% of Gen Xers in 1992.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026

Only 14% of US registered voters approved of lawmakers' performance, an October Gallup poll suggested.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026

And according to a Gallup poll published October 8, Americans emerged from it considerably more cautious about what they eat.

From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2026

Fabyan and Gallup had both died in the 1930s, so there was no reason not to be honest about their failures, but the Friedmans were inclined to be generous, too.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield

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