"Gallup poll" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: Gallup polls [plural]
Etymology: Eponym. Head templates: {{en-noun}} Gallup poll (plural Gallup polls)
  1. A poll of the opinion of randomly chosen persons, used to represent the opinion of the public, conducted by George Gallup or one the companies he founded.
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  2. (by extension, informal) Any poll of the opinion of randomly chosen persons, used to represent the opinion of the public. Tags: broadly, informal
    Sense id: en-Gallup_poll-en-noun-mZBdiZUL

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          "text": "1999 (date of publication), The Freedom Writers and Erin Gruwell, The Freedom Writers Diary, →ISBN, Diary 54,\nIt was like that until I transferred to Ms. Gruwell's class. Up until that point it had always been: \"So, Joyce, how do black people feel about Affirmative Action?\"...\nI just new I wouldn't have to keep sending Gallup polls out to Negroes all around the country. And that is how I found myself starting my junior year in Ms. Gruwell's class."
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