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
Verb
  • In the most recent legislative session, Holscher introduced a bill to move marijuana from a Schedule I to Schedule III drug, classifying it among less addictive and harmful drugs.
    — Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 9 July 2026
  • The council concluded that there was insufficient evidence to support classifying obesity as a disease.
    — Max Moser, STAT, 9 July 2026
Definition of classifying
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  • By analyzing these correlations, researchers can certify that a system is genuinely quantum without opening it up and inspecting its hardware.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 18 July 2026
  • By analyzing community data, Banner identified severe food insecurity in one market.
    — Robert Reiss, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
Definition of analyzing
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  • On his university webpage, Carpenter wrote that his research in marine conservation biology centered on assessing the extinction risks to fish species and plants.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2026
  • Eike Schmidt, a former director of the Uffizi Galleries, is reportedly among those who have complained to UNESCO, which is now assessing whether the development is compatible with Florence’s World Heritage status.
    — George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 13 July 2026
Definition of assessing
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  • The neighborhood association hasn’t had much luck arranging a meeting with city officials.
    — Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 15 July 2026
  • Viewers witnessed her arranging flowers, harvesting honey, talking about jam and sprinkling edible flowers over various dishes.
    — Jennifer Hassan, USA Today, 15 July 2026
Definition of arranging

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