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
  • Trump in the past has criticized California for being one of the slowest states in the nation to finish tabulating its election results due to its large population and high number of voters who mail in their ballots.
    — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2026
  • Voters will be given a ballot, complete it in person, and then insert it into a tabulating machine.
    — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of tabulating
Verb
  • For months, Riyadh maintained a veneer of business as usual despite the war, but this has become harder to sustain with the city postponing events, from tennis tournaments to conferences, and now doing a U-turn on schools.
    — Manal Albarakati, semafor.com, 4 Nov. 2026
  • The power at Westlake's football stadium went out early in the second quarter of Friday's District 25-6A high school game between Westlake and Cedar Ridge, postponing the contest until noon Saturday.
    — Colby Gordon, Austin American Statesman, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of postponing
Verb
  • The Sun’s meeting with retrograde Mercury favors revisiting the purpose before adding another task.
    — Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Drones, missiles and other relatively inexpensive weapons are adding new demands to shipboard defenses.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of adding
Verb
  • Project delays risk deferring revenue while costs accumulate, potentially triggering liquidity distress.
    — , CNBC, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Millvale officials said the borough previously kept tax rates low in part by deferring necessary maintenance on buildings, ending its paving program and relying on emergency savings and other funds.
    — Jessica Riley, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of deferring
Verb
  • Motors, actuators, computing hardware and power electronics generate heat while performing demanding tasks.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Right now, that future is heavily steeped in artificial intelligence and requires extraordinary amounts of energy and computing infrastructure to run his AI agents, robots, self-driving vehicles, and more.
    — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of computing
Verb
  • Give one small part another try before shelving the whole activity.
    — Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Nov. 2026
  • The rate of development of new headsets has slowed, with many companies (including Apple) scaling back or shelving their efforts.
    — Tim Stevens, ArsTechnica, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of shelving
Verb
  • County election officials in California will begin tallying the votes once polls close.
    — Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 3 Nov. 2026
  • Despite being listed at 6 feet 8, Jovic is dominant in the paint and around the rim, tallying 14 rebounds while also going six-for-11 from the field, taking shots mostly in the interior.
    — Connor Dullinger, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of tallying
Verb
  • And there are ways to modify elections, like reserving seats for underrepresented groups or making campaigns shorter.
    — Nicholas Carnes, Time, 4 Nov. 2026
  • They were hurt by the sharp constraints the parents put on how involved the children could be in the new foundation (reserving the bigger roles for younger grandchildren).
    — Christina Wing, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of reserving
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“Tabling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tabling. Accessed 10 Nov. 2026.

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