questionnaire

noun

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as in survey
a written set of questions that are given to people in order to collect facts or opinions about something Would you please fill out this questionnaire?

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Recent Examples of questionnaire All require a clinician to establish a relationship with a patient before prescribing, which can happen via a real-time video or phone call, a previous in-person meeting or through a less immediate method, like a questionnaire. — Anna Cooban, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2026 Start with a strengths survey The VIA Character Strengths Survey is a free online questionnaire developed by researchers in positive psychology, the scientific study of what helps people flourish. — Allison Aubrey, NPR, 15 Oct. 2026 Instead of starting with in-person or telephone interviews, people will receive an invitation to fill out the survey online or to fill out a paper questionnaire. — ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026 The proposal also says that the Census Bureau could add an immigration status question to the census' short-form questionnaire. — Justin Papp, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for questionnaire
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  • Staying invested The survey, conducted between late August and early September, included 2,029 American investors with at least $10,000 in investable assets and 538 financial advisers and financial professionals.
    — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Abdul el Sayed wasn’t the only progressive Democrat helped by a survey from Wedgewood, the fraudulent pollster that is roiling Michigan’s Senate race.
    — David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 23 Oct. 2026
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