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 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 clerk's office is preparing equipment and procedural updates ahead of the November 2026 general election, including tabulation methods to prevent a recurrence. — Joseph Buczek, CBS News, 12 Aug. 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 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

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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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When classification is part of data workflows and not a post-facto process, the burden on your people is minimal and ongoing coverage continues.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026
Beyond the engine, the project’s scope included developing the fuel supply system and hull design to obtain Approval in Principle from the classification society ClassNK.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of classification

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Other entries about Moore’s property raised questions the inventory itself could not answer.

— Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 8 Oct. 2026
With the onset of the autumn agricultural harvest and winter heating seasons, domestic distillate inventories, including diesel, continue to trend downward.

— , CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026

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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
This year's festival featured more than 4,200 productions, an overwhelming marketplace of comedy, theater, cabaret — and plenty that resist easy categorization.

— Rebecca Rosman, NPR, 14 Sep. 2026

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Why Descriptions And Keywords In Comments Actually Matter As part of this evolution, the comments section is an active part of Instagram’s content indexing system.

— Tonia Ryan, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026
Amy Brooks President of Global Business Development At the risk of over-indexing, another former Stanford player who has spent two-plus decades in the NBA.

— Chantel Jennings, New York Times, 4 Sep. 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

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