TABULATION Synonyms: 41 Similar and Opposite Words

tabulation

noun

Definition of tabulation

as in enumeration

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Recent Examples of tabulation 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 The board will handle other areas, including election day voting, ballot tabulation and voting location equipment maintenance. — Josh Kelety, Los Angeles Times, 16 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 The tabulation is already higher than Moody’s last estimate of the war’s cost to households. — Tristan Bove, Fortune, 1 July 2026 In a ruling with direct bearing on the midterm elections, the Supreme Court on Monday narrowly upheld a Mississippi law allowing tabulation of late-arriving mail-in ballots so long as they were postmarked by Election Day. — Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 29 June 2026 The Big Ten and SEC also netted 83% of five-star athletes and 65% of four-star athletes in December in LeRoy’s tabulation for the Seton Hall Law Review. — Teresa M. Walker, Chicago Tribune, 19 June 2026

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Noun

Females, minors &c are excluded from the polls, but are included in the enumeration of persons on whom representation is apportioned.

— Ann Manov, Harpers Magazine, 23 June 2026
The drafts were messy, but, in reality, so, too, were the handwritten ones—their own version of chaos with arrows, enumerations, and strikethroughs.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 May 2026

Definition of enumeration

Noun

Routine, high-volume tasks such as summarization, classification and internal productivity workflows can often be routed to more cost-efficient models that deliver acceptable quality at scale.

— Japjeev Kohli, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Haugset leads the general classification by 2 minutes, 2 seconds from Kimberley Le Court of Mauritius, with 2023 Tour champion Demi Vollering third, a further 4 seconds behind.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of classification

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But without access to refrigeration, these vendors lack the broader inventory of a storefront like Gu Grocery, where Wang plans to sell an assortment of fresh produce and healthy pre-packaged meals cooked by her and her mom.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2026
The supplies themselves belong to the Rwandan government; Zipline manages the logistics, delivery and inventory.

— Fatma Tanis, NPR, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of inventory

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Maria's books were fine for running the business day to day, but they were tangled with personal expenses and inconsistent categorization.

— Lien De Pau, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
Though renowned, Etna has stubbornly defied categorization in the traditional volcano lifecycle.

— Refractor, Refractor, 27 July 2026

Definition of categorization

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Why would users want to potentially slow down their iPhones now [for the indexing] in order to pre-empt something that for most people won’t happen until September at the earliest.

— Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
This update will kick off some indexing work that will then be leveraged in an ostensibly much more robust Spotlight search feature when iOS 27 launches next month.

— Samuel Axon, ArsTechnica, 27 July 2026

Definition of indexing

Noun

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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