canvass
verb (used with object)
to solicit votes, subscriptions, opinions, or the like from.
have been canvassing
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present perfect progressiveof canvass.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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Detectives have been canvassing the neighborhood and going through any surveillance videos for leads.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 2025
Federal officials have been canvassing pharmaceutical companies for weeks, looking for one that will take on the work.
From New York Times ● Aug. 9, 2022
They have been canvassing with an aim of building up local support, and their candidate - Jamie Needle - also ran in the 2019 election.
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2022
Rodgers and other members of the group have been canvassing for votes in neighborhoods in Northern Virginia, the Richmond area and Hampton Roads.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 17, 2021
We have been canvassing," said Emily, after the usual forms of introduction had been gone through, "the merits of our friend, Sir Frederic Beaumantle.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 331, May, 1843 by Various
