herding

Used in a sentence

• “These herdings and stabbings and stranglings occurred five hundred years ago, before America felt the withering touch of Europe. Does that exclude them from our concern?”

• “Some observers are concerned also that polling firms “play it safe” by trying to ensure that their own results don't differ too much from the findings of other firms. This practice has been called “herding.””

• “Pollsters often engage in a practice known as “herding,” which refers to the tendency to announce results similar to those other organizations have already published.”

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