canvass
verb (used with object)
to solicit votes, subscriptions, opinions, or the like from.
have canvassed
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present perfectof canvass.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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She said roughly 20 members have canvassed the area, from downtown homeless encampments to a rocky wash near Guthrie’s home, searching for signs of the missing woman.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 16, 2026
Latta and an independent group of tree care professionals who have canvassed Altadena for weeks believe that many of the trees are wrongly tagged for removal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 3, 2025
“The department takes incidents involving public officials seriously, and investigators have canvassed for evidence, gathered information from witnesses and reviewed everything collected thus far,” a statement from the department read.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 19, 2022
He said divers have deployed and have canvassed the island.
From Fox News ● Apr. 21, 2021
And this was managed with no mean skill; and he must have been a stern critic who could have canvassed too rigidly the merit of appliances so manifestly provided for his own enjoyment.
From Roland Cashel Volume I (of II) by Charles James Lever
