TABULATION Synonyms: 41 Similar and Opposite Words

tabulation

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Definition of tabulation

as in enumeration

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Recent Examples of tabulation The lawsuit by Lake and state lawmaker Mark Finchem sought to ban electronic tabulation devices. — Jacques Billeaud, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026 These people greet and check in voters, provide them with ballots, assist with tabulation and/or assist with processing absentee ballots. — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026 According to the official Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) tabulation, flu season doesn't start for another two weeks. — Youri Benadjaoud, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026 The incident highlighted in the declassified materials, however, concerns the security of voter registration information rather than ballots or vote tabulation. — Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 6 Aug. 2026 An extended tabulation could hurt the party’s credibility and damage the nominee, South Carolina backers argued. — Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 24 July 2026 The potential for fraud and long delays in tabulation can undermine confidence in elections, especially when voters have formed expectations of efficient and competent election administration. — Andrew E. Busch, The Conversation, 23 July 2026 David Ulloa Jr Glendale vote tabulation machines are back up, according to voters at the Glendale ASU West polling location. — Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 21 July 2026 Erickson’s lawyer, Justin Smith, said his party asked for only a single master report at the end of absentee tabulation. — Angela George, Sioux Falls Argus Leader, 8 July 2026

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Noun

Constraints, enumerations and referential integrity are miserable work for a person in front of an open gearbox.

— Julien Vantyghem, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026
The enumeration system starting in Roosevelt, Utah, runs ambitiously and intermittently through dozens of desert miles to reach the right-angle intersection of 6,000th South and 47,000th West.

— Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of enumeration

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Many Uber and Lyft drivers have long protested their classification as gig workers and demanded employee benefits such as overtime, sick pay and benefits.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
Fraud detection, reconciliation, transaction classification, payment routing and liquidity forecasting each require different forms of analysis.

— Ozan Ozerk, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026

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The Newburys want to build the Estates at 100 Oakland on about 32 acres north of Route 30, and contend the project would give South Windsor an important expansion of its housing inventory.

— Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 14 Oct. 2026
DataFuelX, a company led by former TV-sales executives is launching DFX Marketplace, a new way for advertisers to connect to commercial inventory across multiple publishers with a single point of entry.

— Brian Steinberg, Variety, 14 Oct. 2026

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There are your classic influencers, new-wave commentators, and sales-driving Substackers plus a plethora of people who resist—and bristle at—categorization.

— Joan Kennedy, Vogue, 12 Oct. 2026
Six years later, over 2,000 colleges and universities are still test-optional – although the categorization may be deceiving, as some scholarships may depend on SAT scores.

— Beth Kania-Gosche, The Conversation, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of categorization

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How these capital gains tax strategies work Wealthy investors already use direct indexing strategies on platforms including Schwab to pair up stock gains and losses in a tax efficient way.

— Eric Rosenbaum, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026
Indexing Problems The second phase of our analysis looked at indexing health.

— Vin Sonpal, Forbes.com, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of indexing

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Unlike the majority of the Mishnah—the codification of the Jewish Oral Law—Pirkei Avot has very little Halakhic content and instead emphasizes general ethical matters conveyed through aphorisms attributed to ancient rabbinic sages.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 July 2026
The codification of what became soccer Public school graduates took their versions of the game with them to the next level.

— Thomas Adam, The Conversation, 29 May 2026

Definition of codification

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