tabulating

verb

present participle of tabulate
as in classifying
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 tabulating 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, 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 The dispute stems from legislation passed in 2024 that prohibited Georgia from using QR codes as the official method of tabulating votes after July 1, 2026. — Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 14 June 2026 When county workers finished tabulating votes on election night, the gap between the two was eight percentage points. — David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2026 But voters and residents are not tabulating a national income accounting exercise when a project appears down the road. — James Broughel, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026 This story has been updated to reflect what lawmakers must do to comply with a law doing away with QR codes as the method of tabulating votes. — Caleb Groves, AJC.com, 14 May 2026 Earlier Wednesday morning, about a half dozen election workers were still tabulating more than 50,000 ballots in the county elections office, pizza boxes scattered on nearby tables. — Sarah Bahari, Dallas Morning News, 4 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tabulating
  1. classifying
  2. analyzing
  3. assessing
  4. arranging
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  • Rather than classifying didymo as an invasive species, Taylor refers to the algae as a native species that has an invasive-like growth form.
    — Hannah Smith July 25, Idaho Statesman, 25 July 2026
  • The goal now is to get the children into foster care and eventually adopted, said officials, who are classifying the eldest as a minor despite being 18 because of her limitations.
    — Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 23 July 2026
Definition of classifying
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  • Also, what would happen to the College Sports Commission, the main NIL enforcement arm that spends the bulk of its time analyzing third-party NIL deals that would be greatly reduced under this arrangement?
    — ABC News, ABC News, 31 July 2026
  • Artificial intelligence is also anticipated to assist pilots by rapidly analyzing battlefield information, prioritizing threats, and coordinating missions with unmanned aircraft.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 31 July 2026
Definition of analyzing
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  • Second, reinvest in competitiveness by upgrading tools and continuously assessing market advantage.
    — Micah Logan, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
  • In recent years, these markets have often proved uncannily accurate, and challenged more traditional metrics for assessing public sentiment such as polls.
    — Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 29 July 2026
Definition of assessing
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  • Soon, a dozen volunteers gathered under the banner, arranging themselves according to height, like youngsters poised for a class portrait.
    — Danny Heitman, Christian Science Monitor, 31 July 2026
  • Police footage featured in The Idaho Murders shows responding officers escorting Murphy out of the house and arranging for him to be taken to Animal Services.
    — Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 29 July 2026
Definition of arranging

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