as in to classify
to arrange information in an organized way so that it can be studied, recorded, etc.
Officials tabulated the scores. A machine is used to tabulate the votes.
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Recent Examples of tabulate
Ballots were tabulated by the accounting firm of Lutz and Carr CPA.
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Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 3 Dec. 2025
The Justice Department filed lawsuits against Delaware, Maryland, New Mexico, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington for not complying with its request to produce documents that tabulate their statewide voter registration lists.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 3 Dec. 2025
By the time votes are tabulated, that list will have been culled to a mere 15 finalists with a shot at an Oscar nomination.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 2 Dec. 2025
Dancing With the Stars is pulling back the curtain on how votes are tabulated.
—Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Nov. 2025
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Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 3 Dec. 2025
The Justice Department filed lawsuits against Delaware, Maryland, New Mexico, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington for not complying with its request to produce documents that tabulate their statewide voter registration lists.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 3 Dec. 2025
By the time votes are tabulated, that list will have been culled to a mere 15 finalists with a shot at an Oscar nomination.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 2 Dec. 2025
Dancing With the Stars is pulling back the curtain on how votes are tabulated.
—Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Nov. 2025
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The school, which has around five hundred students, does not ask parents to report their immigration status, but more than half the kids are classified as English-language learners.—
Emily Witt,
New Yorker,
30 Jan. 2026
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The Helix is classified as a Part 103 ultralight aircraft, the same regulatory class as a hang glider.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Jan. 2026
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The system can also analyze images to identify items and shop for similar products within a set budget.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Jan. 2026
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What researchers discovered inside iOS apps Security researchers at Cybernews, a cybersecurity research firm, analyzed the code of more than 156,000 iPhone apps.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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In the late 1990s, psychologist Simon Baron-Cohen developed a new metric for assessing human mental and emotional conditions, albeit indirectly.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
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The State Department has four travel advisory levels to help travelers assess safety risks before visiting other countries.—
Ashley J. DiMella,
FOXNews.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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The company has also arranged software escrow agreements in the US and Germany.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Jan. 2026
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Her shining brown curls are carefully arranged each morning, tied up with pink ribbon, festooned with flowers.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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“Tabulate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tabulate. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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