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canvass
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synonyms: controvert ???
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Definition:1. Close inspection; careful review for verification;2. Examination in the way of discussion or debate3. Search; exploration; solicitation; systematic effort to obtain votes, subscribers, etc.Noah Webster. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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captain: even a hint of a problem on our maiden voyage would kill Excelsior's stock price.
Malory: So, Lana, canvass the passengers and crew learn what you can about Krauss...
Adam Reed. Archer, season 1: Skytonic (2017)
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In those days, this matter of slavery had never been canvassed as it has now; nobody dreamed of any harm in it. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin
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There was a considerable pause, while the boys canvassed this matter inwardly. Then Tom whispered:
“Say, Hucky—do you reckon Hoss Williams hears us talking?”
“O’ course he does. Least his sperrit does.”
Mark Twain. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876)
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The whole of what Elizabeth had already heard, his claims on Mr. Darcy, and all that he had suffered from him, was now openly acknowledged and publicly canvassed;
Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice (1813)
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