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as in counter
a leg-mounted piece of furniture with a broad flat top designed for the serving of food
we sat at the kitchen table, playing cards for hours on end
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as in meal
food eaten or prepared for eating at one time
always offers a well-prepared table for his guests
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as in list
a record of a series of items (as names or titles) usually arranged according to some system
the periodic table of chemical elements
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as in food
substances intended to be eaten
the table that the innkeeper set out each morning made for a bountiful breakfast indeed
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as in to shelve
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Recent Examples of table
David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 19 Feb. 2026
Some of the time spent in this new round of interviews has been the sheriff turning the tables on the very reporter seated on the other side of his desk.
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 19 Feb. 2026
Kyle Martin, Mercury News, 14 Jan. 2026
If something starts to go downhill, table it.
—Tribune Content Agency, Baltimore Sun, 1 Jan. 2026
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Noun
Another two were crawling behind a prep table.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 19 Feb. 2026
Some of the time spent in this new round of interviews has been the sheriff turning the tables on the very reporter seated on the other side of his desk.
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 19 Feb. 2026
Verb
After hearing from more than 30 speakers among the standing-room-only crowd, the school board voted unanimously to table the discussion and return to it later.
—Kyle Martin, Mercury News, 14 Jan. 2026
If something starts to go downhill, table it.
—Tribune Content Agency, Baltimore Sun, 1 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for table
Noun
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The dog was found tied to a carry-on-baggage sizer by the JetBlue ticket counter at Terminal 3 at Las Vegas’ Harry Reid International Airport earlier this month, according to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Feb. 2026
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Calling people names, especially names that are incendiary in content, wins no arguments and creates opposition instead of a fair hearing for one's counter-arguments.—
Cal Thomas,
Arkansas Online,
24 Feb. 2026
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After your meal, browse through the nearby gift shop, which features items like ceramic citrus juicers, Casa Cody archival postcards, cookbooks, and playing cards.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
21 Feb. 2026
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On Thursday evening, families sat amid the rubble and destruction for iftar, the meal held at the end of the daily dawn-to-dusk fast.—
Sam Mednick,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Feb. 2026
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Its first phase started with more than 600 villages along India's 2,100-mile-long border with China, many high up in the forbidding Himalayan plateau.—
Omkar Khandekar,
NPR,
17 Feb. 2026
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The Aztecs reached the 20-win plateau for a fourth straight season, tying a program record set from 1994-97.—
Bill Center,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Feb. 2026
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The list includes in no particular order greater changeup usage, a strong demeanor on the mound, attention to base runners and first-pitch strikes.—
Shawn McFarland,
Dallas Morning News,
21 Feb. 2026
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The full list of the independent jury winners is below.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
21 Feb. 2026
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Her reporting has taken her all over the world, from Patagonia to Tokyo to the Amazon Rainforest, and she is fascinated by the ways that travel intersects with style, food, music, nightlife, identity, and politics.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 Feb. 2026
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The proposal calls for a 1% food and beverage tax in Lake and Porter counties, a 5% innkeepers tax in Lake County and a 12% admissions tax to help build a stadium.—
Robert McCoppin,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Feb. 2026
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Any ballot that comes back from one of the 170 voters that the elections office hasn’t been able to contact will be held out and not tabulated to give a voter more time until the March 10 election to receive and submit a new ballot.—
Anthony Man,
Sun Sentinel,
10 Feb. 2026
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Votes were tabulated by the accounting firm Lutz and Carr.—
Rob Maaddi,
Twin Cities,
6 Feb. 2026
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Amazon is quietly shelving its Blue Jay project months after introducing the robotic picking and stowing system in a South Carolina fulfillment center last October.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
20 Feb. 2026
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What imaginative, fun-loving, playful, magical dreams are worthy of your dedication, and which could stand to be shelved?—
Maressa Brown,
InStyle,
20 Feb. 2026
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For surf enthusiasts, Big Wave Bay is your call to arms, or rather, boards.—
Condé Nast Traveler,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Feb. 2026
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And, showcasing their awesome, frightening power, one avalanche derailed a train in Switzerland on Monday, injuring five on board, while another swept through a refuge on a French mountainside earlier this month, shattering windows and dumping snowdrifts inside the building’s kitchen.—
Issy Ronald,
CNN Money,
22 Feb. 2026
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“Table.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/table. Accessed 24 Feb. 2026.
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