Similar words: canvas, outgassing, missing, tossing, processing, distressing, invasion, vassal. Meaning: ['kænvəs] 
n. persuasion of voters in a political campaign.
n. persuasion of voters in a political campaign. 
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1 He spent the whole month canvassing for votes.
2 Party workers are busy canvassing local residents.
3 I'm canvassing for the Conservative Party.
4 Candidates from all three parties were out canvassing in Darlington today.
5 I've been out canvassing for the Labour Party every evening this week.
6 He has been canvassing opinion on the issue.
7 Chapman spent the rest of May canvassing for votes.
8 They were busy canvassing and drumming up sentiment against the new government.
9 The US has been canvassing support from other Asian states.
10 He is responsible for canvassing the village for subscriptions to the evening paper.
11 They are canvassing everywhere.
12 Members of Parliament are spending the weekend canvassing opinion in their constituencies.
13 The council has been canvassing local opinion/local people to get their thoughts on the proposed housing development.
14 Our representatives are now canvassing support for that.
15 I spent the whole afternoon canvassing voters.
16 The council is canvassing local opinion before deciding next month whether to allow the concert to go ahead.
17 Spokesman Ben Ord said doorstep canvassing had registered strong support for the Liberal Democrats.
18 By far the rudest electors, in my canvassing experience, are old, white,[www.Sentencedict.com] working-class men.
19 Party members were out canvassing as soon as the election was announced.
20 In that race, the canvassing board determined that John Hoff defeated write-in candidate Lowell Stevens 265 to 259.
21 Telephone canvassing, postal votes, the party machine at Labour's Millbank headquarters had all the answers.
22 As for the notion of canvassing his licentious friends, it was out of the question.
23 Now that's what I call canvassing! Bargepole I went on a freebie last week and think I am in love again.
24 Canvassing one day in a by-election in Essex, Martin was asked to cover a street of drab brick semis.
25 There was one memorable moment during Needham's canvassing in Chippenham last week.
26 Heseltine's campaign team, having been canvassing backbenchers for several weeks, had already developed a considerable momentum.
27 This speech caps a month of canvassing.
28 Lord Wilberforce examined the interests which an insurance-broking business might have in preventing an employee canvassing its clients once he had left.
29 A top adviser to the House leadership said Gingrich is quietly canvassing members about how to pay the fine.
30 Without it, it is doubtful whether the more extreme pacifists could have been persuaded to take part in the canvassing.
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