pole or poll

A pole is a long stick. You could take a “poll” (survey or ballot) to determine whether voters want lower taxes or better education.

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• grill vs grille
• tragedy vs travesty
• rod iron, rot iron vs wrought iron
• marshall vs marshal
• buttox vs buttocks
• land lover vs landlubber
• standalone vs stand-alone
• whimp vs wimp
• stood vs stayed
• woman vs women

Definitions

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• n  a long (usually round) rod of wood or metal or plastic
• n  a native or inhabitant of Poland
• n  one of two divergent or mutually exclusive opinions
  they are at opposite poles
  they are poles apart
• n  a linear measure of 16.5 feet
• n  a square rod of land
• n  one of two points of intersection of the Earth's axis and the celestial sphere
• n  one of two antipodal points where the Earth's axis of rotation intersects the Earth's surface
• n  a contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves
• n  a long fiberglass sports implement used for pole vaulting
• n  one of the two ends of a magnet where the magnetism seems to be concentrated
• v  propel with a pole
  pole barges on the river
• v  support on poles
  pole climbing plants like beans
• v  deoxidize molten metals by stirring them with a wooden pole

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• n  an inquiry into public opinion conducted by interviewing a random sample of people
• n  the top of the head
• n  the part of the head between the ears
• n  a tame parrot
• n  the counting of votes (as in an election)
• v  get the opinions (of people) by asking specific questions
• v  vote in an election at a polling station
• v  get the votes of
• v  convert into a pollard
  pollard trees

News & Articles

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• North Pole’s Grange Gallery cancels show after vandalism
  FAIRBANKS — North Pole’s Grange Gallery won’t have its June show because of damage to the gallery from vandalism last week.
  June 13, 2013 - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
• North Pole man pleads guilty in 2011 trooper dragging
  FAIRBANKS — A North Pole man entered a plea agreement Wednesday that will give him a 6 1/2-year jail sentence for dragging an Alaska State Trooper who was trying to reach into his vehicle window.
  June 13, 2013 - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
• North Pole’s Grange Gallery cancels show after vandalism
  FAIRBANKS — North Pole’s Grange Gallery won’t have its June show because of damage to the gallery from vandalism last week.
  June 13, 2013 - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

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• Poll: Majority of La. voters support immigration law
  A poll released today shows that a vast majority of Louisiana voters support the immigration law being debated in the U.S. Senate.
  June 14, 2013 - The News-Star
• Poll: 71 percent of Fla. voters back immigration reform
  The poll results could be a big boost to Sen. Marco Rubio, a potential presidential candidate in 2016.
  June 13, 2013 - Miami Herald
• Poll: Americans' faith in Congress lower than all major institutions -- ever
  Americans really, really, really don’t trust Congress.That’s been born out in poll after poll, but a new number from Gallup shows that Americans currently have the least faith in Congress of any of the major institutions they’ve polled.Ever.That means that – since Gallup started the poll in 1973 – no institution from a list of 16 has been trusted less than Congress is now, including: big ...
  June 13, 2013 - NBC NEWS