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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of recanvass.

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Examples

  • They recanvassed the building but came up with nothing new.

    Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine 2005

  • It is imperative, before anything is done, that the matter be thoroughly recanvassed, and a definite policy determined upon that will secure the support of all the chaplains.

    Battles and Victories of Allen Allensworth, A. M., Ph. D., Lieutenant-Colonel, Retired, U. S. Army 1914

  • "At that point we recanvassed the house with the information she provided and did find a man deceased inside."

    Post-Journal 2010

  • "At that point we recanvassed the house with the information she provided and did find a man deceased inside."

    Post-Journal 2010

  • Votes are being recanvassed throughout the district, and more than 10,000 absentee ballots have not yet been tallied.

    Adirondack Daily Enterprise 2009

  • Putnam Democratic Elections Commissioner Robert Bennett said voting machines were being recanvassed today but that results for absentee ballots and affidavits would not be official before Tuesday.

    unknown title 2008

  • I want Griffith Park, South Central and the area where Goines’ body was dumped thoroughly recanvassed.”

    The Big Nowhere Ellroy, James, 1948- 1988

  • Tedisco regained the lead after election officials in Saratoga County apparently misreported its recanvassed tally to the state Elections Board. "

    First Read 2009

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