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 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 What turned out to be a razor-thin contest wasn’t called by the Associated Press until early Wednesday morning, after a delay in tabulating votes from Milwaukee. — Chantelle Lee, Time, 12 Aug. 2026 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 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tabulating
  1. classifying
  2. analyzing
  3. assessing
  4. arranging
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  • The software generates a score from zero to 100, classifying a patient as low, intermediate, or high risk.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Below, members of Forbes Technology Council share strategies for classifying large volumes of unstructured data while keeping the manual workload manageable.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of classifying
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  • In the comment section, amateur lawyers are analyzing the case.
    — Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026
  • The progression from vessel impact to environmental damage is clear to see in many cases, said Brian Barnes, who is part of a group of satellite oceanographers at the University of South Florida analyzing the effects of this war from afar.
    — Paula Hancocks, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of analyzing
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  • Applications could range from assessing the impact of an earthquake by comparing imagery before and after an event to monitoring changes in infrastructure or identifying developments in a sensitive area.
    — Melissa Hancock, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Water planners are constantly assessing these sometimes competing needs, and have been since the 1950s.
    — Lexi Salazar, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of assessing
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  • One of our all-time favorite experiences was arranging a private, behind-the-scenes tour of Blenheim Palace, led by none other than the Duke of Marlborough himself.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Miranda Orozco, 50, was sentenced to 30 years in prison after admitting to arranging travel and accommodations for two people who died and another who was seriously injured.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of arranging

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“Tabulating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tabulating. Accessed 26 Oct. 2026.

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