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as in count
a total number obtained or recorded by noting each thing as it was being added the final tally for worshippers at Sunday services was 126

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as in to score
to gain (as points or runs in a game) as credit towards one's total number of points our team tallied four touchdowns and gained a total of 435 yards last game

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The post garnered 533 up-votes from investors, who in aggregate, own more than 397,000 Tesla shares, according to the company’s tally. Byjenn Brice, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2024 The Dead’s final tally of 2,318 concerts remains a world record. Paul Grein, Billboard, 23 Oct. 2024
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Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story fell to second place during this interval, still tallying 13.1M views, while Love is Blind Season 7 launched with 5.2M views. Katie Campione, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2024 The carts track and tally up items as shoppers place them in bags, enabling people to skip the checkout line. Annie Palmer,katie Tarasov, CNBC, 5 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for tally 

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“Tally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tally. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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