tabling

present participle of table

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for tabling
Verb
  • Legislators passed a law two years ago that set that deadline, but then failed to find a replacement for tabulating votes.
    ABC News, ABC News, 23 June 2026
  • That’s 10 years of farming around idle pump jacks and tabulating acres damaged by fluid leaks.
    Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 22 June 2026
Verb
  • Consider postponing boating activities on the lake until a day with less wind.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 26 June 2026
  • Those who keep postponing the conversation risk leaving their heirs not a fortune but a locked archive whose contents can only be guessed at.
    Sergey Stopnevich, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
Verb
  • Utility Iren was doubling workers' shifts and adding generators to address sporadic power cuts in Turin as the electricity grid came under strain, a spokesperson said.
    Makini Brice, USA Today, 23 June 2026
  • The work addresses a longstanding challenge in lightweight airframe design by increasing structural strength and stability without adding unnecessary weight.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 22 June 2026
Verb
  • History is replete with wars that end in interim agreements, deferring difficult issues to future negotiations, only for the interim arrangement to become permanent.
    Thomas Wright, The Atlantic, 19 June 2026
  • The county’s cost-saving measures include eliminating vacant positions, cutting programs, deferring maintenance projects, increasing revenue and implementing layoffs.
    Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 9 June 2026
Verb
  • That means long term investments in chipmakers and providers of computing power could prove to be more reliable short term.
    Tobias Burns, CNBC, 23 June 2026
  • By reducing power consumption and hardware requirements, such systems could enable RF awareness capabilities in smaller platforms that previously lacked sufficient computing resources.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 23 June 2026
Verb
  • Days after shelving a plan to redraw Georgia’s political maps, Republican lawmakers in the state Legislature are pivoting to property taxes with an ambitious strategy to put more than a hundred tax-cutting referendums on the ballot this November in a move that could boost GOP turnout.
    David Wickert, AJC.com, 19 June 2026
  • Elsewhere in the open-plan ground floor, which includes a living area, dining area, kitchen, and family room, Freudenberger placed various custom shelving units with abundant storage.
    Paola Singer, Architectural Digest, 18 June 2026
Verb
  • The 18-year-old forward played for the Medicine Hat Tigers of the Western Hockey League last season, tallying 45 goals and 59 assists in 68 games.
    Patrick Damp, CBS News, 26 June 2026
  • According to Pew, Indonesia, Italy, Nigeria, South Africa, South Korea and Turkey saw some of the most significant drops in favorable views of the United States, with each tallying double-digit declines over the past year.
    Drew Pittock, USA Today, 23 June 2026
Verb
  • But Miami could be reserving this exception for veteran free agents as a team in win-now mode following the acquisition of Antetokounmpo.
    Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 25 June 2026
  • Finally, set clear guidelines for fund usage, reserving it for true emergencies and planning its replenishment.
    Rob Falzon, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
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“Tabling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tabling. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.

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