How to Use survey in a Sentence

survey

1 of 2 verb
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  • The teacher surveyed the room.
  • Engineers surveyed the property to see what could be built on it.
  • People were surveying the damage after the storm.
  • A total of 250 city residents were surveyed about the project.
  • Of the districts surveyed, the most one spent per pupil on legal fees was about $75.
    — The Enquirer, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Some of the key highlights state that 43% of those surveyed have quit their job because of their toxic boss.
    — Jasmine Browley, Essence, 20 Sep. 2023
  • One in ten students surveyed by FIRE in 2023 reported the same thing.
    — David Cole, The New York Review of Books, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Brown was preferred by 48% of those surveyed, to 41% of voters who preferred Moreno.
    — Alexandra Marquez, NBC News, 18 July 2023
  • In the clip, Katie Crutchfield surveys a city from up above in an empty apartment while pacing around and singing along to the song’s lyrics.
    — Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 12 Mar. 2024
  • Meanwhile, tent encampments had returned to a third of the sites surveyed.
    — Claire Rush, Fortune, 28 Nov. 2023
  • A little over one-third of the surveyed said college was too expensive.
    — Jasmine Browley, Essence, 17 Dec. 2023
  • The full extent of the damage wouldn't be known until inspection crews were able to survey the fire zone.
    — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 22 Dec. 2023
  • Ice Spice surveyed a tray of burgers, which were ferried around the room by servers, before opting to pass for the moment.
    — Angelique Jackson, Variety, 11 Mar. 2024
  • Millennials surveyed expressed this the most (60%), compared to less than a third of baby boomers who feel the same.
    — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 12 Jan. 2024
  • The Pew Research Center found 32% of those surveyed own a gun, while 10% do not personally own one but live in a home that does.
    — Jenny Goldsberry, Washington Examiner, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Project monitors had surveyed the site and found fewer trees than South Pole planned to claim credit for.
    — Heidi Blake, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2023
  • A little more than a year ago, the Wall Street Journal surveyed economists about their forecasts for 2023.
    — John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 17 Nov. 2023
  • In October, 16% of those surveyed said DeSantis was their first choice, while 19% say that now.
    — Bridget Bowman, NBC News, 12 Dec. 2023
  • David Ellingson Eddington surveyed 1,700 Utahns to measure what’s unique — and what isn’t — about how Utahns speak.
    — Palak Jayswal, The Salt Lake Tribune, 27 Aug. 2023
  • But nearly two-thirds of those surveyed were not concerned about the state’s northern border with Canada.
    — Jazmine Ulloa, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2024
  • Ruiz said there were a few key reasons the people surveyed cited for hiding their culture.
    — Sakshi Venkatraman, NBC News, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Take a brief stroll around the two main food and beverage areas to survey your options before buying your lunch.
    — Aidin Vaziri, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 May 2023
  • In it, Donald Trump leads the field with 48% of those surveyed — down just a little bit since the last Register poll in early December.
    — Byron York, Washington Examiner, 14 Jan. 2024
  • Residents began to survey the damage by boat and by drone.
    — Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 16 May 2023
  • As a result of the incidents, traps were set and Animal Services surveyed the park and the surrounding area.
    — Nicole Lopez, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Feb. 2024
  • It's led 42% of retailers surveyed by goTRG to shorten their window for returns this year.
    — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 21 Nov. 2023
  • Start your market research by surveying those close to you, ask questions, and get feedback.
    — Melissa Houston, Forbes, 16 Feb. 2024
  • The president will survey the site of the devastation and meet with state and local officials.
    — Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2024
  • Jessica Vincent had just started surveying the shelves of a Virginia thrift store when a vase caught her eye.
    — Ben Finley, Fortune, 19 Dec. 2023
  • Economists surveyed by Bloomberg had forecast a 2% rise in output.
    — Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 27 Apr. 2023
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survey

2 of 2 noun
  • A new land survey changed the borders of their property.
  • We conducted an opinion survey on the issue and found that most people agree.
  • A survey of recent corporate layoffs reveals a new trend in business management.
  • The survey found some surprising tendencies among the population.
  • Surveys of each department were conducted earlier this year.
  • That’s just not the kind of question that finds its way into polls or surveys.
    — Jp Brammer, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2024
  • The survey found that 86% would continue to support the strikes, while 10% would oppose them.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Those who complete the survey have the option to enter a drawing for one of 11 gift cards to a Fayetteville restaurant.
    — Nwa Democrat-Gazette, arkansasonline.com, 13 Mar. 2024
  • The survey may have been an outlier, but for DeSantis the bad news keeps coming.
    — John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 24 July 2023
  • Hardeman developed surveys and bought shiny new iPads for moms to fill out.
    — Usha Lee McFarling, STAT, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Price reductions were in part a result of feedback received from a fan survey conducted at the start of the year.
    — Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Aug. 2023
  • The Pew survey did not include a question about such suborbital trips.
    — Christian Davenport, Anchorage Daily News, 21 July 2023
  • As the paper notes, the study followed a broader survey of syphilis in the still deeply segregated region.
    — Caitjan Gainty, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Jan. 2024
  • The storm currently hitting the Sierra will be factored into the April snow survey.
    — Sara Tonks, CNN, 2 Mar. 2024
  • That was higher than the median estimate of 7.8% in a Bloomberg survey as well as the 8.1% expected by the Riksbank.
    — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 11 July 2023
  • The airport will be sharing the survey responses with Chik and releasing them online for the public to read, too.
    — Jacqueline Pinedo, Sacramento Bee, 1 Mar. 2024
  • According to most surveys published ahead of the election, the center-right incumbents are ahead in polls.
    — April Roach, Fortune Europe, 21 Nov. 2023
  • What's more, 16% of savers don't earn any interest on money in their accounts, according to the same survey.
    — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2023
  • That represents a 10% rise in support since a survey conducted by the same center three months ago.
    — Yasmine Salam, NBC News, 22 Dec. 2023
  • Uebel said survey results would also be shared with any new broadband providers who would like to do business in Carroll.
    — Sherry Greenfield, Baltimore Sun, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Trump’s campaign and allies feel emboldened by the surveys.
    — Josh Feldman, NBC News, 10 Sep. 2023
  • This tracks with the AASM survey, which found that 77% of sleep tracker users said the device was helpful, and 68% changed their behavior after using it.
    — Kristen Fischer, Health, 12 Mar. 2024
  • Only 30% of Americans still watched movies on a disc over the last year, according to a survey by Statista Consumer Insights.
    — Alain Sherter, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2023
  • Analysts in a Wall Street Journal survey predicted a draw of 50 Bcf.
    — WSJ, 14 Dec. 2023
  • The findings come from the Singles in America survey, conducted by Match Group.
    — Cara Lynn Shultz, Peoplemag, 25 Jan. 2024
  • The current uptake is far short of survey data from last month that indicated more than half of American adults planned to get the shots.
    — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 27 Oct. 2023
  • Regular surveys by the Census Bureau since the start of the pandemic have also showed rising hunger.
    — Elizabeth Chuck, NBC News, 25 Oct. 2023
  • The percentage of Guatemalans who identify as Methodist is small -- two-tenths of 1%, according to one recent survey.
    — Frank E. Lockwood, Arkansas Online, 22 July 2023
  • Any hypebeast or Off-White acolyte needs this survey of the designer’s culture-shifting tenure at the house.
    — Jake Smith, Glamour, 4 Dec. 2023
  • And the same survey, released last week, found that the proportion who expect their own finances to improve a year from now is at its highest level since June 2021.
    — Christopher Rugaber, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Jan. 2024

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