spreadsheet
noun
spread·sheet
ˈspred-ˌshēt 
: a computer program that allows the entry, calculation, and storage of data in columns and rows
also
: the ledger layout modeled by such a program
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Keep your personal notes handy in a spreadsheet, Google Doc, or a good old-fashioned legal pad.
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Then there are the business screens for marathon spreadsheet sessions and curved displays for more immersive multitasking.
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Organizing a trip often means juggling spreadsheets, calendars, and multiple reservations scattered across different platforms.
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Nonetheless, after hearing the same witnesses, reading the same documents and looking through the same spreadsheets, the two of us came to vastly different conclusions.
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Big Think, 1 Dec. 2025
Then there are the business screens for marathon spreadsheet sessions and curved displays for more immersive multitasking.
—PC Magazine, 1 Dec. 2025
Organizing a trip often means juggling spreadsheets, calendars, and multiple reservations scattered across different platforms.
—Taylor McIntyre, Travel + Leisure, 30 Nov. 2025
Nonetheless, after hearing the same witnesses, reading the same documents and looking through the same spreadsheets, the two of us came to vastly different conclusions.
—Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Nov. 2025
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spreadsheet
noun
spread·sheet
ˈspred-ˌshēt
: an accounting program for a computer
also
: the ledger layout simulated by such a program
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