tabling

verb

present participle of table
1
as in tabulating

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2
as in postponing

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Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for tabling
  1. tabulating
  2. postponing
  3. adding
  4. deferring
  5. computing
  6. shelving
  7. tallying
  8. reserving
Verb
  • The recount board reconvened Thursday morning, July 9, to begin tabulating runoff Election Day results.
    — Angela George, Sioux Falls Argus Leader, 8 July 2026
  • 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
Definition of tabulating
Verb
  • Earlier today, the president threw another wrench in the situation, floating the idea of postponing Blanche's confirmation until next year, when Cornyn and Tillis will both be gone from the Senate.
    — Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 30 July 2026
  • Promotional financing offers on credit cards can help manage expenses by spreading costs and potentially reducing or postponing interest.
    — Louis DeNicola, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
Definition of postponing
Verb
  • Meanwhile, Charlotte’s population is growing rapidly, with the city adding more residents over any other in the past year.
    — Zaire Breedlove, Charlotte Observer, 22 July 2026
  • Teams have flown thousands of kilometres between games over these six weeks, adding unnecessary fatigue and logistical challenges.
    — The Athletic UK Staff, New York Times, 22 July 2026
Definition of adding
Verb
  • Expanding to India might be a better way to capture growth, but this takes time and a willingness to accept short-term efficiency costs—a trade-off that many firms keep deferring.
    — Yasushi Sasaki, Fortune, 30 July 2026
  • But his strategy of deferring problems instead of seeking constructive solutions to them eventually blew up, resulting in the invasion of southern Israel and the deaths of 1,200 Israelis.
    — Thomas Wright, The Atlantic, 16 July 2026
Definition of deferring
Verb
  • Zuckerberg acknowledged the potential to generate additional revenue by renting its computing infrastructure to other companies, and confirmed that Meta has plans to get into the cloud business, promising an update soon.
    — Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 30 July 2026
  • This approach enables manufacturers to improve computing performance while overcoming the physical limits of traditional chip scaling.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 29 July 2026
Definition of computing
Verb
  • Access to another exit near the kitchen might also have been narrowed by shelving units and lockers, said Kittharath, who visited the scene Monday morning.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 July 2026
  • Executives also weighed shelving a target that would have had Microsoft match its hourly data center electricity use with renewables.
    — Matt Day, Fortune, 9 July 2026
Definition of shelving
Verb
  • Infections caused by other types of vibrio bacteria are more common, tallying about 80,000 cases annually.
    — Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 30 July 2026
  • Cory Durden enjoyed a nice day, contributing to multiple run-stuffs and tallying one all on his own as the starting nose tackle in base personnel and a rotational player in other packages.
    — Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 30 July 2026
Definition of tallying
Verb
  • The city is considering changes to infrastructure, such as reserving curb space, to accommodate the Waymo rides, Pluckebaum said.
    — Madison Smalstig July 31, Sacbee.com, 31 July 2026
  • Drain, reserving 1 cup pasta cooking liquid (don’t rinse pasta).
    — Claire Saffitz, Bon Appetit Magazine, 31 July 2026
Definition of reserving
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“Tabling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tabling. Accessed 4 Aug. 2026.

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